After being confronted by FBI agents and deciding to cooperate in an ongoing bribery probe, then-ComEd Senior Vice President Fidel Marquez videotaped a lunch meeting with one of Speaker Michael Madigan’s trusted confidants.
Shortly after being confronted by FBI agents in 2019 and deciding to cooperate in an ongoing bribery probe, then-ComEd Senior Vice President Fidel Marquez secretly videotaped a lunch meeting in Springfield with one of Speaker Michael Madigan’s most trusted confidants.
“It’s a favor,” he said. And if the IRS ever asked questions about their work, “Doherty’s got to prove it,” not them.McClain agreed, however, that he didn’t know how Dominguez, a former federal prosecutor, would react.
The defense has argued that what prosecutors say was bribery was actually nothing more than honest, legal political lobbying, and that there was no evidence Madigan did anything to directly help ComEd in exchange for benefits that flowed to his cronies.Feds’ star witness takes stand in ‘ComEd Four’ trial, testifying utility worked to gain leverage with Michael MadiganMarquez, who is in his second day on the witness stand, is the government’s star witness.
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