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The four defendants charged in the ComEd bribery scheme are, from left, consultant Jay Doherty, lobbyist and former ComEd executive John Hooker, retired lobbyist Michael McClain and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore. 2023 baiduhai photos

Bribery count against ComEd dismissed three years after agreement blew Michael Madigan probe wide open

July 17, 2023 at 3:42 p.m.

Three years to the day after a bribery case unveiled against Commonwealth Edison blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge dismissed the charges...

Then-Speaker Michael Madigan works the floor as the Illinois House convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021.

Feds call defense efforts to gut racketeering case against Michael Madigan ‘flimsy’

July 12, 2023 at 10:19 p.m.

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan's attempt to suppress the dozens of wiretapped calls and secret recordings that form the backbone of the government's bombshell racketeering case is a "flimsy effort...

‘Let me put you on with the boss, OK?’: Feds detail wiretaps involving former Michael Madigan chief of staff

July 11, 2023 at 6:10 p.m.

Federal prosecutors for the first time have detailed wiretapped conversations capturing Tim Mapes, the indicted former chief of staff to ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, discussing issues key to the investigation...

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough speaks during a pre-slating event for the Democratic Party on June 16, 2023, in Chicago.

Court ends oversight of hiring in Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s office, closing historic anti-patronage case

July 6, 2023 at 7:08 p.m.

In a historic decision, a federal judge Thursday ended the half-century-old anti-patronage case launched to fight the stubborn and unfair use of politics to decide most hiring, firing, and promotion...

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough seeks end to historic anti-patronage case despite charges that she ‘stonewalls’

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

For more than a decade as a Cook County officeholder, Democratic stalwart Karen Yarbrough has repeatedly fought allegations she and her office violated long-standing federal court decrees aimed at cracking...

Michael Acevedo sentenced to 1 month in prison in tax fraud case stemming from Madigan probe

June 15, 2023 at 7:38 a.m.

The son of former Democratic state Rep. Edward Acevedo was sentenced to one month in prison Wednesday for federal tax fraud conviction connected to the sprawling investigation of Commonwealth Edison's...

Sen. Terry Link D-Gurnee on the Senate floor at the State Capitol Wednesday, May 29, 2013. B582956985Z.1 (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai) ....OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION...

Ex-state Sen. Terry Link testifies about his turn as a government mole in federal bribery trial of Berrios son-in-law

June 14, 2023 at 3:26 p.m.

Former state Sen. Terry Link on Wednesday became the latest government mole to take the witness stand in a Chicago political corruption trial, testifying about wearing a wire against then-state...

The four defendants in the ComEd bribery scheme are, from left, consultant Jay Doherty, lobbyist and former ComEd executive John Hooker, retired lobbyist Michael McClain and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore.

Sentencing hearings set for January for ‘ComEd Four’ in scheme to bribe Madigan

May 5, 2023 at 10:39 p.m.

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 this week in a...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

After resounding ‘ComEd Four’ verdict, former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s legacy on the line

May 3, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

To Michael Madigan, the once-mighty Democratic House speaker, the issue in his federal racketeering trial next year is not just about guilt or innocence. It is a fight over how...

The defendants who were found guilty on all counts in "ComEd Four" trial. Charged were Madigan's longtime confidant, Michael McClain, 75, of downstate Quincy, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, 64, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, 73, and Jay Doherty, 69, the former head of the City Club of Chicago.

Defendants found guilty on all counts in ‘ComEd Four’ trial; juror says panel wanted ‘politics to run in a correct manner’

May 3, 2023 at 8:28 a.m.

In a sweeping verdict sure to reverberate in Illinois power circles, a federal jury on Tuesday convicted the "ComEd Four" defendants on all charges related to a conspiracy to bribe...

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