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A longtime confidant of Michael Madigan and three others charged in an alleged scheme by ComEd to bribe the former speaker made a surprise request to have the case tried
A longtime confidant of Michael Madigan and three others charged in an alleged scheme by Commonwealth Edison to bribe the former speaker made a request to have the case tried this fall before a judge.
Like so many federal corruption probes before it, the case is replete with powerful political characters, bit players, well-connected lobbyists and big-business clout.