By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
After only three hearings, one witness, no subpoenas and a hundred emails showing a nine-year scheme to get ComEd jobs and contracts important House Speaker Michael Madigan, three Democratic votes ended the House Special Investigating Committee Monday.
This summer, federal prosecutors revealed a deferred prosecution agreement where ComEd admitted officials with the company paid $1.3 million in jobs and contracts to Madigan associates in an effort to influence the speaker.
The scheme prompted House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, to file a petition in the Illinois House to have an investigation separate from the ongoing criminal probe. That created the House Special Investigating Committee. It only met three times before Democrats ended the probe.
The committee seems to have worked as intended.
It was created with a bipartisan membership to kill any partisan shenanigans.
One assumes charges brought against Durkin of a similar nature would receive similar treatment.
The US Attorney will sort this all out soon.
- Just Do It - Tuesday, Dec 15, 20 @ 10:03 am:
Do we cue the tape from the Billy Madison scholastic competition at this point in reference to Welch’s statement.
Wehrli went down in his ball of flames. Good theatre for him, good riddance to Wehrli, the body will be a much better place without him seated.
To the Welch hyperbole,
MJM seems like a real “wolf by the ears” situation for IL Dems.
LOL. Federal officers are literally going to have to give the Speaker the full Blago treatment before these Democrats turn on him.
What an utter failure by Demmer, who now looks terribly weaker and sadder to process.
Wehrli… won’t see him no more.
Durkin showed all who were watching;
Demmer was clueless to how to ask questions and lead, with Durkin orchestrating after the fact.
When push came to shove, Durkin told the committee “I’ll take it from here”, trying to be the one asking questions over Demmer.
Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com
Dec 14, 2020 5:03 PM
(The Center Square) – After three hearings, one witness, no subpoenas and a hundred emails showing a nine-year scheme to get ComEd jobs and contracts important House Speaker Michael Madigan, three Democratic votes ended the House Special Investigating Committee on Monday.
This summer, federal prosecutors revealed a deferred prosecution agreement where ComEd admitted officials with the company paid $1.3 million in jobs and contracts to Madigan associates in an effort to influence the speaker.
The scheme prompted House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, to file a petition in the Illinois House to have an investigation separate from the ongoing criminal probe. That created the House Special Investigating Committee. It only met three times before Democrats ended the probe.
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