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The “ComEd Four” trial recordings have given jurors -- and the public -- the ultimate insider glimpse into how the famously reclusive former House Speaker Michael Madigan conducted his business.

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With the eyes of his since-indicted former co-workers burning in the direction of Fidel Marquez, a defense attorney pointed their way and demanded of Marquez, “You didn’t choose to sit over there, did you?”

The intense and embarrassing scene came on the fourth day of Marquez’s testimony in the trial of four former political power players who are accused of trying to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd.

Fidel Marquez, the government’s witness, continued testifying for the fourth day, now under cross examination from defense attorneys seeking to show how their clients’ actions were above board when they tried to garner Madigan’s support on legislation in Springfield.

CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois)- In the weeks following then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's forced ouster of his longtime chief of sta...

(The Center Square) – “ComEd 4” trial defense attorney Patrick Cotter sought to flip the script late Thursday as the third week of testimony in the wide-ranging federal corruption probe came to an end, accusing the government of engagi...

In intense courtroom moment, government’s star witness accused of saving his own skin

Government wraps up three days of questioning star witness; defense begins cross-examination By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois

Former ComEd exec had been questioned over three days by federal prosecutors as they detailed the many ways the company allegedly tried to bribe former House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd.