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After nearly seven weeks of evidence and arguments, a federal jury is now deliberating the fate of the “ComEd Four,” a group of executives and lobbyists accused of bribing then-House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his influence over the utility’s legislative agenda in Springfield.
Two former Commonwealth Edison executives on trial for allegedly bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) to advance the utility company’s legislative agenda told jurors on Monday that the government showed their actions were good lobbying, not illegal acts.
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...
Prosecutors in the so-called ComEd Four trial say the defendants are liars and bribers. Defense attorneys say their clients are talented at their jobs, and merely were caught in a government witch hunt aimed at Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
"This is not a bribery conspiracy. This is a business decision." Attorneys for ’ComEd Four‘ argue their case as deliberations near.