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Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly five years in prison for John Hooker, a ComEd lobbyist convicted in the Madigan-linked bribery case.

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Co-defendant Mike McClain's defense attorney said this trial is about lobbying and politics during closing arguments Tuesday. McClain is charged in only six of the 23 counts.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's co-defendant Michael McClain's defense gave closing arguments Tuesday. The jury began hearing defense attorney Patrick Cotter's ...

A frame from undercover video captured Aug. 18, 2014, featuring former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (right), presented to a jury during Madigan's corruption trial Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

“Madigan and McClain used and abused their positions, whether public officials or private role,” MacArthur said. “For Madigan and McClain, the corrupt way, was the way it was.