Key witness testifies ComEd funneled more than $600,000 to Madigan allies to get bills passed
Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez (right) with his lawyer at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Friday, April 5, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share One of the feds’ star witnesses told a jury Tuesday that ComEd funneled more than $600,000 to allies of ...
VIDEO: Former utility executive describes do-nothing contracts during Madigan trial
Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez has returned to the witness stand at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Marquez pleaded guilty to bribery in 2020 and agreed to cooperate with the federal government’s corruption investigation.
Jury to see undercover videos as star witness in Madigan corruption trial back on stand
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan are expected to see undercover videos Wednesday made by a former ComEd executive detailing an alleged scheme by the utility to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars through do-nothing contacts to some of the powerful speaker’s longtime associates.
Madigan corruption trial proceeds with former ComEd exec beginning testimony
A key witness in the ComEd Four bribery case last year has taken the stand at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez said he worked for the utility company for about 37 years.
Ex-ComEd exec describes utility’s payments to Madigan allies
A former ComEd executive who agreed to wiretapped conversations has described inside deals between the utility company and Michael Madigan’s allies at the former Illinois House
Ex-ComEd executive, crucial witness against ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial
The former ComEd vice president who secretly recorded his colleagues as part of a federal corruption probe began testifying against ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday, the first of what is expected to be multiple days on the stand.
Former ComEd VP testifies in Madigan trial
Jurors in Mike Madigan's corruption trial heard testimony from former ComEd Vice President Fidel Marquez Tuesday.
ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy’ and not mess with no-work contracts
The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...
Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd ...
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'They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan': Feds' star witness takes stand
As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, Fidel Marquez had an expansive role that put him in charge of ...
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Testimony in Madigan Trial Sheds Light on Alleged $600K in Payments to Political Allies, Former ComEd Execs Discuss Influence on Legislation
Testimony in Michael J. Madigan's trial reveals alleged payments to political allies by a former ComEd official.
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Mike Madigan trial live updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...
Ex-ComEd VP, crucial witness against Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial
So when a cryptic email was forwarded to him in 2013 from Michael McClain, a longtime associate of House Speaker Michael ...