Stay updated with breaking news from Jay Doherty. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The dismissal means ComEd no longer faces criminal charges and avoids conviction, while others have faced prison time as a result of the investigation that targeted former state House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Three years to the day after a bribery case unveiled against Commonwealth Edison blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge dismissed the charges against the utility giant as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office. In announcing the charges on July 17, 2020, prosecutors accused ComEd of orchestrating a ...
Prosecutors alleged that ComEd engaged in a costly years-long effort to buy Madigan’s favor by, among other things, hiring his political associates, putting some of them in lucrative no-show jobs.
For the first time, federal prosecutors have detailed wiretaps capturing Tim Mapes, the indicted former chief of staff to ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, discussing issues central to the scandal that rocked Illinois state government — from how to handle a burgeoning sexual harassment scandal to Mapes’ ouster from the speaker’s team and his startling encounter with the FBI. The 65-page filing ...
CHICAGO — For the first time, federal prosecutors have detailed wiretaps capturing Tim Mapes, the indicted former chief of staff to ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, discussing issues central to the