(The Center Square) – A good–government group says a major flaw in Illinois campaign finance law allows one individual to wield immense political power and more needs to be done to address the culture of corruption. For.
Editorial | Sudden death for Madigan probe (Illinois Fraud)
Posted on Editorial | Sudden death for Madigan probe The Editorial Board 12/18/2020
The curtain has come down on an ill-fated special investigating committee in the Illinois House.
Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan needs all the good publicity in this case, that’s defined as the absence of bad publicity he can get.
So it was good news for him when Democrats on the special House committee created to investigate allegedly unethical behavior by Madigan this week pulled the plug on the probe.
Republicans, of course, howled about the unfairness of it all. They complained bitterly that the committee met just three times and hadn’t had much of a chance to do anything. But Democrats said there’s nothing to see, and it’s time to move on.
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.
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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.
by Greg Bishop, The Center Square | December 15, 2020 08:00 AM Print this article
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.