WBGZ Radio 12/14/2020 |
By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
Members of the Illinois House Special Investigating Committee into House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conduct in the ComEd bribery scheme will push to subpoena the speaker on Monday, the first hearing since a trove of emails were released.
Last summer, federal prosecutors released a deferred prosecution agreement they entered with utility ComEd, where the utility agreed to pay $200 million in fines for its role in a nine-year bribery scheme to influence Madigan, D-Chicago.
Since the DPA was released, a former ComEd official charged in the case has pleaded guilty. Four others, two former ComEd officials and two Madigan associates, have been charged but have pleaded not guilty.