A federal judge on Friday set sentencing dates in January for the “ComEd Four,” a group of utility executives and lobbyists convicted by a jury earlier in the week in a scheme to bribe ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan.
A federal judge on Friday set sentencing dates in January for the “ComEd Four,” a group of utility executives and lobbyists convicted by a jury earlier this week in a yearslong scheme to bribe then-powerful Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
If the date holds‚ McClain’s sentencing hearing will come three months before he’s set to go on trial along with Madigan on a separate indictment charging them with racketeering conspiracy.Typically, federal defendants are required to report to prison within a couple of months of being sentenced, but McClain’s attorneys could ask U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber to extend that date so he won’t have to prepare for his second trial from behind bars.
The utility also hired a clout-heavy law firm run by political operative Victor Reyes, distributed numerous college internships within Madigan’s 13th Ward fiefdom and blatantly backed former McPier boss Juan Ochoa, the friend of a Madigan ally, for an $80,000-a-year seat on the utility’s board of directors.
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