CHICAGO — Federal jurors on Tuesday foundedguilty all 4 accuseds of bribery conspiracy at their trial in Chicago that offered an inside appearance at pay-to-play politics in Illinois that districtattorneys stated included the state’s biggest electrical energy and, at the time, one of its most effective politicalleaders.
It’s a definite win for U.S. districtattorneys in one of the mostsignificant corruption trials in Illinois consideringthat previous Gov. Rod Blagojevich was foundedguilty in 2011 in the exactsame federal courthouse, consistingof on charges he lookedfor to sell President Barack Obama’s left U.S. Senate seat.
During a month and a half of statement, districtattorneys lookedfor to show 2 previous ComEd executives, a previous energy expert and a longtime federalgovernment expert setup agreements, tasks and cash for associates of then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan — when one of the country’s most effective lawmakers — to makesure proposed costs improving ComEd revenues endedupbeing law.
Madigan, 81, hasactually been prosecuted in the case, though his own trial is arranged for next year. He wasn’t in court throughout the just-ended trial however included in much of the secret proof. The across-the-board con