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The abrupt end to House Speaker Michael Madigan’s nearly four-decade reign over Illinois politics was only two years away when a trio of key players in the ongoing “ComEd Four” trial gathered for a secretly recorded conference call.

(The Center Square) – A former Commonwealth Edison executive told jurors Monday that rewards for associates of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan were disguised through a series of contracts.

Michael McClain and Fidel Marquez have a conversation, McClain says “Let me just tell you about each guy.”

ComEd’s lobbying team got the go-ahead in 2018 to kill the Illinois attorney general’s proposal to give low-income consumers a break on their electric bills with the blessing of her father, Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan, according to a witness. 

Fidel Marquez, the government’s star witness in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial, continued his testimony for a second day Tuesday as he detailed how former utility officials allegedly conspired to corruptly influence Michael Madigan.

(The Center Square) – Prosecutors played secretly recorded audio and videotapes for the jury Tuesday as they seek to show that former utility executives and lobbyists gave out no-work contracts

(The Center Square) – Prosecutors played secretly recorded audio and videotapes for the jury Tuesday as they seek to show that former utility executives and lobbyists gave out no-work contracts to influence one of Illinois' most powerf...

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Trial’s second day included hours of opening arguments, first witness

The second day of the trial had hours of opening arguments and first witness testimonies.