![]() ![]() ![]() Mapes, who was ousted from Madigan’s operation amid a sexual harassment scandal, is currently facing charges of lying to a grand jury arising from the case. Prosecutors have sought to use the defeat of the bill as an example of the scheme at work, pointing to evidence McClain told Pramaggiore and other executives that “a friend of ours” had authorized him to “go ahead and kill” the legislation.Ĭotter, though, played a wiretapped call reinforcing McClain’s role as a smart and valued strategist for ComEd, not just someone doing Madigan’s bidding. The legislation failed, following an all-out lobbying effort championed by McClain. The indictment also alleged the defendants schemed to hire a clout-heavy law firm, appoint former McPier boss Juan Ochoa to the company’s board of directors, and stack its summer internship program with candidates sent from Madigan’s 13th Ward.Įarlier in Cotter’s four-hour cross-examination Thursday, the jury heard politically intriguing new details of the 2018 efforts to kill then-Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s bill to help low-income consumers, allegedly after receiving permission from her powerful father. The defendants are accused of steering $1.3 million in payments from ComEd to Madigan-approved subcontractors with Doherty’s consulting firm who did little or no work in a bid to win the speaker’s influence over the utility’s legislative agenda in Springfield. Charged in the case are McClain, a former ComEd lobbyist and Madigan’s longtime confidant former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, John Hooker, a former ComEd executive and lobbyist, and Jay Doherty, a former ComEd contract lobbyist who served for years as president of the City Club civic organization.
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