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TexasTowelie

(111,311 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 03:00 PM Jul 2020

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

Federal prosecutors said electric utility ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that implicates Madigan. They say the company has admitted that from 2011 to 2019 it arranged for jobs and vendor subcontracts “for various associates of a high-level elected official for the state of Illinois."

The U.S. Attorney's Office identified the high-level elected official as “Public Official A” in a news release. A deferred prosecution agreement for ComEd filed in federal court states that “Public Official A” is the Illinois House speaker, but Madigan — a Chicago Democrat who is the longest-serving state House speaker in modern American history — is not mentioned by name.

“The speaker has a lot that he needs to answer for, to authorities, to investigators, and most importantly, to the people of Illinois,” Pritzker said during a stop in suburban Chicago. "If these allegations of wrongdoing by the speaker are true, there is no question that he will have betrayed the public trust and he must resign.

Read more: https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/business/article244298252.html
(Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

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Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP
If true, this is the kind of crap that gives KPN Jul 2020 #1
Madigan has been a crook for over 40 years CanonRay Jul 2020 #2
yep... dhill926 Jul 2020 #3
Can you imagine a Republican Governor calling out a corrupt Republican Speaker? Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #4
Not going to happen raising2moredems Jul 2020 #5

KPN

(15,587 posts)
1. If true, this is the kind of crap that gives
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 03:07 PM
Jul 2020

right-wingers “both sides” fodder. If true, this really pisses me off!

raising2moredems

(627 posts)
5. Not going to happen
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 11:23 PM
Jul 2020

Madigan is-not-stupid - unlike what passes for POTUS these days. He does not text. He does not email. He does not Tweet. I've *never* seen any indication he is on social media of any sort. I suspect he *rarely* speaks on the phone, much less a cell phone. He is NOT stupid. Would not surprise me if some low level players get busted but their families, if any, will be taken care of.

Notice that the Feds indicted the Ohio House speaker - Householder of all names. But not Madigan. Their plan is to get someone to roll over on him. With so many levels between him and ANY activity - be it kosher or not - I just don't see it happening.

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