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Federal prosecutors rested their case in the ComEd bribery trial Wednesday, winding up after 17 days by playing more secretly recorded phone calls allegedly...

Federal prosecutors rested their case in the ComEd bribery trial Wednesday, winding up after 17 days by playing more secretly recorded phone calls allegedly showing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan securing consulting jobs at the utility for associates in exchange for help moving legislation.

(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys began presenting their case Wednesday after weeks of testimony from witnesses for federal prosecutors who alleged the four defendants conspired in a pay-for-play with former Illinois House Speake...

Prosecutors have rested their side of the trial against four people accused of seeking...

Prosecutors rested their side of the trial Wednesday against four people accused of seeking favors for Illinois' largest electric utility by arranging $1.3 million in contracts and payments for associates of a powerful state politician.Michael Madigan, the former House speaker, is not in court and faces his own separate trial. But he's been a key

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their side of the trial against four people accused of seeking favors for Illinois' largest electric utility by arranging $1.3 million in contracts and payments for associates of a powerful politician. Michael Madigan, the former House speaker, is not in court and faces his own separate trial. But he's been a key part of the evidence presented over 17 days in Chicago federal court. Longtime Madigan ally Ed Moody got more than $300,000 through Co...

(The Center Square) – Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore is expected to take the stand as part of her own defense as early as Thursday as the federal corruption probe targeting her and three other defendants continues to unfold. ...

Ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, 64, plans to take the witness stand and testify in her own defense — a rare and often risky move in a high-stakes federal trial.

The ongoing ComEd bribery trial continued Thursday as jurors heard witness testimony from the former CEO.