‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme

By Newspaper Staff | July 24, 2025 |
‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a former close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, after receiving a two-year prison sentence. McClain was convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial in which McClain and other lobbyists and executives for electric utility Commonwealth Edison were found guilty of having orchestrated a yearslong bribery scheme targeted at Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Former lobbyist Mike McClain was given two years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme aimed at ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The post ‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme appeared first on Capitol News Illinois

Read More