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The former CEO of Commonwealth Edison and three former lobbyists for the utility were found guilty this week in what prosecutors described as a bribery scheme to gain favor with ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The four convicted former ComEd executives and lobbyists will learn their punishment early next year.
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A federal judge on Friday set sentencing dates in January for the “ComEd Four,” a group of utility executives and lobbyists convicted by a jury earlier in the week in a scheme to bribe ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan.
All four defendants on the "ComEd Four" Trial were found guilty on all chargest on Tuesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago.
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Casten became the highest-ranking Democrat to call for former state House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign from his post as a Cook County Democratic committeeperson.