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ComEd conspiracy case could go to trial all over again in February

First publishedAug 20, 16:50 UTC
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<p>Two former ComEd officials<b> </b>could face trial all over again this February,<b> </b><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/15/23641765/comed-bribery-trial-begins-federal-prosecutors-telling-jurors-hear-over-100-recordings" target="_blank" >four years after<b> </b></a>the feds first told a jury<b> </b>they’d plotted to<b> </b>illegally influence<b> </b>former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.</p><p>The case against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore<b> </b>and longtime Madigan ally Michael McClain returned to the courtroom of U.S.

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<p>Two former ComEd officials<b> </b>could face trial all over again this February,<b> </b><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/15/23641765/comed-bribery-trial-begins-federal-prosecutors-telling-jurors-hear-over-100-recordings" target="_blank" >four years after<b> </b></a>the feds first told a jury<b> </b>they’d plotted to<b> </b>illegally influence<b> </b>former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.</p><p>The case against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore<b> </b>and longtime Madigan ally Michael McClain returned to the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Manish Shah<b> </b>on Thursday, for the first time since<b> </b>an appeals court<b> </b><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/comed-bribery-trial/2026/04/14/madigan-bribery-comed-conspiracy-bribery-chicago-crime-pramaggiore-mcclain" target="_blank" >ordered the pair released</a> from prison<b> </b>and wiped out their 2023<b> </b>convictions.</p><p>Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane<b> </b>MacArthur told the judge it still isn’t clear how the case will ultimately be resolved.

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<p>Two former ComEd officials<b> </b>could face trial all over again this February,<b> </b><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/15/23641765/comed-bribery-trial-begins-federal-prosecutors-telling-jurors-hear-over-100-recordings" target="_blank" >four years after<b> </b></a>the feds first told a jury<b> </b>they’d plotted to<b> </b>illegally influence<b> </b>former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.</p><p>The case against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore<b> </b>and longtime Madigan ally Michael McClain returned to the courtroom of U.S.
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