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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Feds expand case against Madigan to include scheme with AT&T Illinois, which will pay $23 million fine

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (AP file)

Hoping to overcome past failures in Springfield, an AT&T Illinois executive allegedly circulated a “Lesson Learned” document for 2017 with a key bit of feedback about the utility’s relationship with then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

It said AT&T was “not as ‘helpful’ when requests are made as Commonwealth Edison,” which had yet to be charged with bribery for its conduct involving the powerful Southwest Side Democrat.

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