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1:20-cr-00812

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Illinois Northern

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  1. January 04, 2024

    ComEd Convictions Won't Stand, Ex-CEO's Atty Tells Judge

    Counsel for former Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that regardless of how the nation's top court interprets the federal bribery statute later this year, the bribery convictions of his client and three former Commonwealth Edison lobbyists won't survive.

  2. December 18, 2023

    'ComEd 4' Sentencing Delayed Amid Bid To Await Justices' Call

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday struck early 2024 sentencing dates for a former Commonwealth Edison CEO and three lobbyists convicted of carrying out a legislative bribery scheme at Illinois' capitol to consider their argument that the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up an issue that could "upend" prosecutors' case and the jury's verdict.

  3. December 14, 2023

    Convicted 'ComEd 4' Want Pause For Justices' Bribery Input

    A former Commonwealth Edison CEO and three lobbyists convicted of carrying out a legislative bribery scheme at Illinois' capitol argued Thursday that their trial judge should pause proceedings while the U.S. Supreme Court considers an issue that could "upend" prosecutors' case.

  4. May 03, 2023

    Madigan Trial Looms Large After ComEd Bribery Verdicts

    Jurors delivered sweeping guilty verdicts against Commonwealth Edison's former top executive and three of its former lobbyists Tuesday on charges they bribed ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, drawing a decisive line between building goodwill with elected officials and corruptly influencing them as prosecutors prepare for Madigan's racketeering trial next year, white collar experts say.

  5. May 02, 2023

    ComEd Defendants Convicted Of Bribing Ex-Ill. Speaker

    Chicago federal jurors convicted Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and three of its former lobbyists Tuesday of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a verdict that capped a high-profile trial packed with more than 100 secretly recorded conversations and insights into the legislative kingmaker's political operation.

  6. April 25, 2023

    ComEd Defendants Are Corruption 'Grandmasters,' DOJ Says

    Prosecutors urged a Chicago federal jury not to be fooled by arguments raised by Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and lobbyists that jobs and benefits arranged for associates of Illinois' ex-House speaker reflected ordinary business and legal lobbying, likening it to a game of chess in which they were "grandmasters" of corruption.

  7. April 24, 2023

    ComEd Defendants 'Collateral' In War On Madigan, Jury Told

    Commonwealth Edison's former CEO and three of its former lobbyists are simply "collateral damage" in the federal government's pursuit of powerful ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, and the bribery conspiracy charges they face reflect prosecutors' attempt to criminalize politics and legal lobbying, Chicago federal jurors heard Monday.

  8. April 18, 2023

    Ex-ComEd CEO Says She Forgot Call About Do-Nothing Jobs

    Former Commonwealth Edison Co. and Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore claimed Tuesday that she had forgotten about a 2019 phone call in which another executive told her that subcontractors under one of the utility's lobbyists had been paid for years for doing no work when she denied knowing about them in a subsequent interview with federal investigators.

  9. April 17, 2023

    Ex-ComEd CEO Testifies She Never Bribed Ill. Speaker

    Former Commonwealth Edison Co. and Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore denied bribing or conspiring to influence ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan while taking the stand in her own defense Monday, saying she never authorized hiring anyone on his recommendation, thinking they wouldn't work or provide value to the company.

  10. April 12, 2023

    Ill. Justice Testifies Ex-Boss Madigan Didn't Trust ComEd

    An Illinois appellate justice testified Wednesday about his time working as former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's chief counsel, saying Madigan was hesitant to trust Commonwealth Edison and didn't instruct him to treat ComEd-backed legislation differently from other bills he was reviewing.

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