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(The Center Square) – Prosecutors played the highlights of dozens of secretly recorded calls and meetings during their closing argument Monday, using the defendants' own words against them in the Commonwealth Edison bribery case. ...
Prosecutors delivered their closing arguments in the ComEd Four trial. The bribery case surrounds former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur told jurors the bribery scheme “became so much, so that when Madigan said ‘jump,’ these defendants said ‘how high?’”
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Lawyers for the ComEd Four defendants have tried to cast doubt by challenging the allegation built into the case that Madigan could be bought.