The Commonwealth Edison portion of the Commonwealth Edison bribery conspiracy case came to an end last week after fulfilling the terms of a "deferred prosecution" agreement. Trouble is, the $200
THE Manila Times Lifestyle is putting the SONA outfits of Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta and Sen. Robin Padilla side by side this year, only because it seems like they re rushing to a period movie set right after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. s speech.
Former Ald. Solis helped prosecutors build their blockbuster indictments against Ed Burke and Mike Madigan. Solis is now formally charged with bribery, but the feds are expected to seek dismissal of that charge if he holds up his end of their deal.
The dismissal means ComEd no longer faces criminal charges and avoids conviction, while others have faced prison time as a result of the investigation that targeted former state House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Three years to the day after a bribery case unveiled against Commonwealth Edison blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge dismissed the charges against the utility giant as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office. In announcing the charges on July 17, 2020, prosecutors accused ComEd of orchestrating a .