The 'ComEd Four' are all accused of a scheme to bribe former House Speaker Mike Madigan.
As the government laid out its case against the so-called "ComEd Four," it was at times hard to distinguish whether they were prosecuting the defendants on trial or former House Speaker Mike Madigan himself.
That quote, said Streicker, is contained in one of over 100 undercover recordings the prosecution intends to play during the course of the trial. One during which the government hopes to prove that ComEd obtained passage of three key pieces of legislation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the utility company in exchange for providing Madigan's political cronies with contracts, no-work jobs, and even a seat on the ComEd board between 2011 and 2019.
According to the government, those subcontractors -- paid for by ComEd but hired by third parties, like defendant Jay Doherty and others -- included former 13th Ward precinct captains Ray Nice and Ed Moody, along with former Aldermen Frank Olivo and Mike Zalewski , as well as former State Rep. Eddie Acevedo.Defense attorneys responded to the government's case in their own opening statements. One for each one of the four defendants.
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