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USA v. McClain et al

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1:20-cr-00812

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Illinois Northern

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  1. August 05, 2025

    Ex-ComEd Lobbyist Gets 1 Year For Masking Madigan Bribes

    A former lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Tuesday for allowing his lobbying firm to serve as a pass-through for the utility to pay associates of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for little to no work, as it sought his support for favorable energy legislation.

  2. July 24, 2025

    Madigan Confidant Gets 2 Years For Role In ComEd Bribery

    An Illinois federal judge sentenced a lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison to two years in prison Thursday for his role in forging a "crucial connection" between the utility and his longtime friend, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, and acting as Madigan's mouthpiece in a scheme to illegally influence the powerful politician to support ComEd's legislative agenda.

  3. July 23, 2025

    Feds Seek 15 Months For Lobbyist Over Madigan Scheme

    Federal prosecutors have urged an Illinois federal judge to sentence ex-ComEd lobbyist Jay Doherty to one year and three months in prison for his "critical role" in a scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose associates were paid as "subcontractors" under Doherty's lobbying contract with the utility even though they did little to no work.

  4. July 21, 2025

    Ex-ComEd CEO Gets 2 Years For Burying Madigan Bribes

    The former CEO of Commonwealth Edison and later Exelon Utilities was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for a scheme to pay millions to associates of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to secure his support for major energy legislation, and for hiding the nature of those payments to circumvent the company's internal accounting controls.

  5. July 14, 2025

    Ex-ComEd Exec Gets 1½ Years For Hiding Madigan Bribes

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Commonwealth Edison executive and lobbyist to one and a half years in prison for his role in a scheme to steer payments to allies of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his support for energy legislation favorable to the utility, and for falsifying company records to hide no-show jobs for Madigan's associates.

  6. July 08, 2025

    Ex-ComEd CEO Should Get 6 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say

    Chicago federal prosecutors said Monday that former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore, convicted alongside three others for falsifying books and records in a yearslong scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, should serve nearly six years behind bars, while Pramaggiore said she should receive a sentence of probation.

  7. July 01, 2025

    'ComEd Four' Lobbyist Deserves 4 Years In Prison, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that a lobbyist convicted alongside Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and two others for bribing former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should serve more than four years behind bars for falsifying books and records to hide the funneling of payments to Madigan's allies for do-nothing jobs.

  8. May 28, 2025

    'ComEd Four' Denied New Trial After High Court Ruling

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by Commonwealth Edison Co.'s former CEO and lobbyists to throw out their corruption convictions in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court false-statement ruling, saying the jury made a "reasonable call" that they falsified internal records to hide the steering of benefits to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

  9. May 12, 2025

    Deny 'ComEd Four' A 'Third Bite' At Posttrial Apple, Feds Urge

    Prosecutors are asking an Illinois federal judge to disregard a former Commonwealth Edison CEO and three lobbyists' bid to use a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to try again to unwind their bribery convictions, arguing their motion is untimely and ignores the inapplicability of the high court's ruling, the jury instructions and "overwhelming evidence" proving their guilt.

  10. March 27, 2025

    Sentencing 'ComEd Four' Key For Closure, Ill. Judge Says

    A former Commonwealth Edison executive and three lobbyists will be sentenced in July for conspiring to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge said Thursday, rejecting the assertion that he'd be "reckless" to proceed before determining how a recent U.S. Supreme Court false-statement ruling impacts their case.