Illinois Fuckery Report:

Special legislative committee begins rarely used disciplinary proceeding to look into conduct of House Speaker Michael Madigan

The Illinois House kicked off a rarely used disciplinary process Thursday to probe the conduct of Speaker Michael Madigan in light of allegations that Commonwealth Edison undertook a bribery scheme to gain his favor, with Republicans seeking to hear testimony from the powerful Democrat and former utility executives and lobbyists.

House Republican leader Jim Durkin, who petitioned for the probe, asked the six-member panel to decide whether to authorize a charge against Madigan for engaging “in conduct unbecoming to a legislator, or which constitutes a breach of public trust… including engaging in a bribery scheme and extortion scheme, conspiracy to violate federal and state laws, among other misconduct and misuse of the office.”

ComEd this summer agreed to pay a $200 million fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who alleged the utility engaged in a “yearslong bribery scheme” by offering jobs and other inducements to allies of Madigan.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislative-investigation-madigan-comed-20200910-2kz5dx7lx5drtfylfeikffg6ge-story.html

SPRINGFIELD – Republicans in the Illinois House on Thursday unveiled a single charge they hope to bring against Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, accusing him of “conduct unbecoming to a legislator or which constitutes a breach of public trust.”

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/GOP-outlines-charge-against-Madigan-15557848.php

Fidel Marquez, the former Senior VP of Governmental and External Affairs for ComEd, was formally charged with conspiracy to commit bribery

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/insight-on-illinois-september-2020-1-90860/