Former Majority Leader Lou Lang expected to take stand in former IL Speaker Mike Madigan trial

ComEd VP takes stand, as well

Day two of testimony has begun in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan 's corruption trial Wednesday.Lang has testified in both the ComEd case and the trial of Madigan's former chief of staff last summer. Both testimonies delved into how Madigan sent Mike McClain to urge Lang to retire from the General Assembly after the speaker's office was warned of a woman who had threatened to go public with sexual harassment allegations if Lang did not step down.

So far, he has spoken to ComEd's "dire" financial condition due to the rate freeze from 1998 to 2006.The trial could last three months.

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