The “ComEd Four” bribery trial focused Thursday on the way the utility allegedly used friendly lobbyists to funnel money to allies of former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The four defendants charged in the ComEd bribery scheme are, from left, consultant Jay Doherty, lobbyist and former ComEd executive John Hooker, retired lobbyist Michael McClain and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore.
The defendants in the case are Pramaggiore, former ComEd contract lobbyist Michael McClain, ex-ComEd executive and lobbyist John Hooker, and former ComEd contact lobbyist Jay Doherty, the ex-president of the City Club civic group.The lobbyists who took on the alleged ghost subcontractors referred by Madigan included Doherty, McClain, former state Rep.
Prosecutors also sought to show the close political alliance between Pramaggiore and Madigan by noting they were hosts of an event at the Field Museum in a room near Sue, the museum’s famed Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and given access to a scientist to answer questions.
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