(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys for the four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyist accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said Tuesday their clients did nothing wrong. Form.
Prosecutors in the so-called ComEd Four trial say the defendants are liars and bribers. Defense attorneys say their clients are talented at their jobs, and merely were caught in a government witch hunt aimed at Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
After six weeks of trial, 12 jurors are considering the merits of the case that ended former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record-breaking grip on power.
Federal jurors have begun to deliberate the case against four former political power players who were labeled Tuesday “grand masters of corruption" for their alleged conspiracy to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to benefit ComEd.