Longtime Michael Madigan aide Will Cousineau is continuing his testimony for a second day in the former Illinois House speaker's federal corruption trial Wednesday.
Longtime Michael Madigan aide Will Cousineau is continuing his testimony for a second day in the former Illinois House speaker's federal corruption trial Wednesday.Cousineau served a dual role as both Madigan's issues director and political director of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
During his testimony, Cousineau has given an inside look into how the speaker's office operated under Madigan, and the people who were part of his inner circle, including himself, Chief of Staff Tim Mapes, Heather Weir Vaught, Craig Willert and Mike McClain, among others. Of those, only McClain was not directly employed as part of the speaker's staff.
While Cousineau was not directly involved in the 2011 passage of EIMA or Smart Grid, Cousineau testified to how the speaker would often substitute members out of committees when they needed to get specific bills voted out onto the floor, and they knew the regular members would vote against the bill. "Mr. McClain certainly explained or talked about what the company was looking for. But he was also there as strategic advisor to the speaker," Cousineau said.
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