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Scandal-Plagued Illinois Democrat Resigns from Office
Michael Madigan was the longest-serving house speaker in the country Barack Obama and then-Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan / Getty Images Alex Nester • February 18, 2021 12:34 pm
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Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan (D.) resigned from the state legislature today amid an ongoing federal bribery investigation.
Madigan, who spent over half a century in the Illinois legislature, was implicated in a federal investigation into high-ranking state Democrats ties with Commonwealth Edison, Illinois s largest utility provider. The utility giant allegedly gave perks worth $1.32 million in exchange for Madigan s rubber stamp on bills in the state legislature, according to federal investigators. He lost his position as speaker in January after failing to secure crucial backing from his Democratic colleagues.
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President Biden triggered outcries from Illinois lawmakers on both sides of the aisle after he fired a prosecutor overseeing corruption probes of Democrats in the state.
Democrat senators, House GOP lawmakers and the Illinois Republican Party all condemned the move to fire Chicago-based U.S. Attorney John Lausch.
U.S. attorneys are appointed by presidents and typically new presidents ask for the resignations of nearly all at the beginning of a new administration, but Lausch had rare bipartisan support. When then-President Trump appointed Lausch, the attorney had the support of both Illinois’ Democratic senators Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.
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Both U.S. Senators from Illinois are asking President Joe Biden to leave Chicago’s U.S. attorney in place so he can continue pursuing the corruption cases that so far have targeted Chicago’s most powerful alderman and the longest-serving Statehouse leader in U.S. history.