‘I wouldn’t do anything to damage my speaker’: Former Rep. Lou Lang testifies about message from one of House Speaker Michael Madigan’s top associates as jury hears first recording in ‘ComEd Four’ trial.
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.
Lang, who was the third witness called by prosecutors in the hot-button case, testified Thursday that he knew McClain called him that day to deliver a message from Madigan. Madigan, meanwhile, has pleaded not guilty to a separate racketeering indictment accusing him of an array of corrupt schemes, including the ComEd bribery plot. McClain is also charged in that case, which is scheduled to go to trial in April 2024.Thursday that he never passed another bill after he refused to vote to reinstall House Speaker Michael Madigan at the beginning of a new term.
But he said that every other lawmaker with at least three terms was appointed to a committee chairmanship. Others would have received ranking leadership positions. “It’s a very disconcerting feeling,” he said. “They were the speaker’s rules. He controlled the flow of legislation...no one else had that power.”
Sente, who left the legislature in 2019, spent most of her time on the witness stand describing for prosecutors Madigan’s overall power and control over the legislative process. Pressed by a defense attorney, she was asked if Madigan actually told her he was punishing her. “He did not,” she said.
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