Jurors have convicted the “ComEd Four” on every count in their high-profile political bribery case, finding they worked to corruptly influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Jurors have convicted the so-called “ComEd Four” in their high-profile political bribery case, finding they worked to corruptly influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
“Madigan wanted, ComEd gave and ComEd got,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur repeated throughout her closing arguments last week.Prosecutors argued the four did this through a number of means, including paying Madigan allies as ComEd subcontractors, who in turn would actually do little or no work for the utility company.
Schnitker Sayers, a veterinarian from Logan Square, said jurors are tired of the political corruption seen throughout Illinois over the years, and hopes this verdict can be seen as a “landmark” moment. In one of those conversations from early 2019, Marquez asked Doherty about the subcontractors: “Do they do anything or what do they do? What do you have them doing?”
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