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(The Center Square) – Jury deliberations resumed Tuesday for a fifth day at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after nearly seven weeks of testimony in the case of four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists accused of...

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants on all charges, including that they conspired to bribe Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his support for the utility’s legislative agenda in Springfield.

(The Center Square) – A federal jury on Tuesday convicted four top lobbyists and executives at a state-regulated utility in Illinois' highest-profile corruption case since former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted 13 years ago. ...

The verdict bolsters the federal government's case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Federal jurors on Tuesday reached a guilty verdict in the case against four former political power players who were labeled "grand masters of corruption" for their alleged conspiracy to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd.

The jury has ruled against all four defendants accused of bribing former House Speaker Michael Madigan in return for getting highly lucrative bills enacted in Springfield.

Jurors found all four defendants in the highly publicized "ComEd 4" trial guilty on all counts Tuesday.

Michael Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty were all accused in the trial of a bribery conspiracy aimed at illegally swaying the powerful Democrat to benefit ComEd.

Federal jurors have convicted all four defendants of bribery conspiracy at their trial in...

(The Center Square) – Jururs have reached a verdict late Tuesday afternoon in the Commonwealth Edison bribery case. The verdict has not yet been read. Earlier Tuesday, the jury in the case asked another question about t...