Jury selection and opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday in the wide-ranging corruption case of four ex-ComEd officials who stand accused of scheming to bribe indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
with bribery conspiracy, bribery and willfully falsifying the utility’s books and records.
According to that indictment, the four defendants tried to bribe Madigan — who controlled what measures were called for a vote in the Illinois House of Representatives — from around 2011 until 2019 in order to further legislation favorable to ComEd and eliminate bills that would be damaging to it. McClain helped to make the arrangements and otherwise worked with ComEd’s leadership to make Madigan — whom the defendants allegedly referred to as “our friend” or “a friend of ours” — happy by getting ComEd to hire interns from the 13th Ward and having ComEd give Juan Ochoa a lucrative seat on ComEd’s board of directors.
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