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Prosecutors charged longtime Michael Madigan associate Michael
McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, one-time ComEd lobbyist
John Hooker and former ComEd contract lobbyist Jay Doherty, who also
once served as the head of the City Club civic group, with
conspiracy, bribery, and willfully falsifying ComEd books and
records.
Prosecutors say the four gave out $1.3 million in jobs, contracts,
and payments in exchange for favorable treatment on legislation
affecting the utility in Springfield.
This week prosecutors are expected to call to the witness stand
Edward Moody, one of Madigan's longtime 13th Ward precinct captains.
Prosecutors say ComEd officials paid Moody to do little, if any,
work on behalf of the utility.
Earlier in the trial, former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez, who has
been cooperating with federal investigators, said former Chicago
alderman Frank Olivo, longtime Madigan campaign operative Ray Nice,
former Cook County Recorder of Deeds Edward Moody, former state Rep.
Eddie Acevedo and former alderman Mike Zalewski did little, if any,
work for ComEd.
Marquez detailed how payments were made through contract lobbyists
and how those arrangements changed over time. For example, Moody was
paid as a subcontractor through Shaw Decremer, but when Decremer got
in trouble for harassment, Moody's payments were shifted to a
contract with former state Rep. John Bradley, Marquez said.
When Moody's payments were shifted, Marquez testified that he never
spoke to Bradley or anyone else about Moody's work assignments.
"I didn't expect him to do any work for us because he was hired at
the request of Michael Madigan," he said.
Moody, 58, has not been charged with a crime. Prosecutors wrote in
pretrial documents that Moody is expected to testify that his work
for ComEd was a "joke," according to court records.
Brett Rowland is an award-winning journalist who has
worked as an editor and reporter in newsrooms in Illinois and
Wisconsin. He is an investigative reporter for The Center Square.
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