Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wasn’t on trial, he was at the heart of the “ComEd Four” case, with a juror telling journalists that Madigan “really did cause all this to happen.”
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Since their mid-March selection for the historic trial, members of the jury were privy to an inside look at Illinois’ political structure and Madigan’s maneuvering of it, even hearing the infamously taciturn lawmaker on phone calls he didn’t know the FBI was recording. “Throughout my 50 years as a public servant, I worked to address the needs of my constituents, always keeping in mind the high standards required and the trust the public placed in me,” Madigan said in a March 2022 statement, in response to his own indictment on racketeering charges. “I adamantly deny these accusations and look back proudly on my time as an elected official, serving the people of Illinois.
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