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Michael Madigan was the elephant in the courtroom Wednesday as lawyers for four people charged with conspiring to bribe the former speaker on behalf of Commonwealth Edison said they expect
Federal prosecutors said Friday the grand jury hearing evidence in the alleged ComEd bribery scheme involving then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was not affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Democrats vote to end legislative investigation of Madigan Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, a Hillside Democrat, speaks at the end of a Special Investigating Committee into alleged misconduct of House Speaker Michael Madigan as Rep. Grant Wehrli, a Naperville Republican, looks on in the foreground. The committee s Democrats voted to end the investigation Monday after just three meetings in four months. Photo courtesy of Blueroomstream.com
Updated 12/14/2020 7:39 PM
After just three hearings in four months, Democrats on the special committee probing House Speaker Michael Madigan s alleged misconduct and role in a bribery scheme involving ComEd voted Monday to end their investigation.
SPRINGFIELD After just three hearings in four months, Democrats on the special committee probing House Speaker Michael Madigan’s alleged misconduct and role in a bribery scheme involving Commonwealth Edison voted Monday to end their investigation.
Throughout the combative three-hour hearing, the three House Republicans and three Democrats clashed repeatedly over the rules of procedure, disagreed about the facts contained in the federal court documents and levied accusations of political stunts and a “kangaroo court.”
The House Democratic members Reps. Chris Welch, of Hillside, Natalie Manley, of Joliet, and Elizabeth Hernandez, of Cicero voted no on a motion, presented by Manley, that Madigan engaged in conduct unbecoming of legislator.