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1:20-cr-00812

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  1. May 03, 2023

    Madigan Trial Looms Large After ComEd Bribery Verdicts

    Jurors delivered sweeping guilty verdicts against Commonwealth Edison's former top executive and three of its former lobbyists Tuesday on charges they bribed ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, drawing a decisive line between building goodwill with elected officials and corruptly influencing them as prosecutors prepare for Madigan's racketeering trial next year, white collar experts say.

  2. May 02, 2023

    ComEd Defendants Convicted Of Bribing Ex-Ill. Speaker

    Chicago federal jurors convicted Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and three of its former lobbyists Tuesday of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a verdict that capped a high-profile trial packed with more than 100 secretly recorded conversations and insights into the legislative kingmaker's political operation.

  3. April 25, 2023

    ComEd Defendants Are Corruption 'Grandmasters,' DOJ Says

    Prosecutors urged a Chicago federal jury not to be fooled by arguments raised by Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and lobbyists that jobs and benefits arranged for associates of Illinois' ex-House speaker reflected ordinary business and legal lobbying, likening it to a game of chess in which they were "grandmasters" of corruption.

  4. April 24, 2023

    ComEd Defendants 'Collateral' In War On Madigan, Jury Told

    Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and three of its former lobbyists are simply "collateral damage" in the federal government's pursuit of powerful ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, and the bribery conspiracy charges they face reflect prosecutors' attempt to criminalize politics and legal lobbying, Chicago federal jurors heard Monday.

  5. April 18, 2023

    Ex-ComEd CEO Says She Forgot Call About Do-Nothing Jobs

    Former Commonwealth Edison Co. and Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore claimed Tuesday that she had forgotten about a 2019 phone call in which another executive told her that subcontractors under one of the utility's lobbyists had been paid for years for doing no work when she denied knowing about them in a subsequent interview with federal investigators.

  6. April 17, 2023

    Ex-ComEd CEO Testifies She Never Bribed Ill. Speaker

    Former Commonwealth Edison Co. and Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore denied bribing or conspiring to influence ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan while taking the stand in her own defense Monday, saying she never authorized hiring anyone on his recommendation, thinking they wouldn't work or provide value to the company.

  7. April 12, 2023

    Ill. Justice Testifies Ex-Boss Madigan Didn't Trust ComEd

    An Illinois appellate justice testified Wednesday about his time working as former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's chief counsel, saying Madigan was hesitant to trust Commonwealth Edison and didn't instruct him to treat ComEd-backed legislation differently from other bills he was reviewing.

  8. April 11, 2023

    Ex-Madigan Ally Says ComEd Paid Him For Almost No Work

    A top ally of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testified Tuesday that he received payments for roughly seven years from Commonwealth Edison despite doing almost no work for the utility, with Madigan allegedly saying he controlled the arrangement.

  9. March 30, 2023

    Ex-ComEd Exec Says Favors Didn't Guarantee Speaker's Help

    Attorneys for former Commonwealth Edison employees accused of bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan got their chance this week to temper explosive testimony from a key witness who had wired up for the government, pressing him to admit there was "no guarantee" ComEd bills would pass after the utility hired Madigan-backed candidates.

  10. March 28, 2023

    Ex-ComEd Exec Testifies Utility Made Hires To Please Madigan

    Chicago federal jurors on Tuesday heard a series of secretly recorded conversations between former Commonwealth Edison lobbyists and executives on trial for allegedly bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, in which the defendants described a long history of doing favors for the legislative leader and admitted that some employees hired by the utility at his behest did little to no work.

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