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After six weeks of trial, 12 jurors are considering the merits of the case that ended former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record-breaking grip on power.
"This is not a bribery conspiracy. This is a business decision." Attorneys for ’ComEd Four‘ argue their case as deliberations near.
Federal jurors have begun to deliberate the case against four former political power players who were labeled Tuesday “grand masters of corruption" for their alleged conspiracy to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to benefit ComEd.
The bribery trial is coming to a close after attorneys make their last remarks.
The comments came as lawyers spent more than five hours Monday making their closing arguments in the Chicago trial of four former political power players on...