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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

ComEd bribery case might not go to trial until 2023 — thanks to R. Kelly

U.S. Attorney John Lausch announcing the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

A major public corruption trial set for late summer has been postponed because of a delay in another major trial set to begin soon at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse — the child pornography trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly. 

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber presides over both cases, which were scheduled for back-to-back trials this year. Kelly’s trial had been set for Aug. 1. Meanwhile, the ComEd bribery case involving four members of indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s inner-circle had been set for trial Sept. 12. 

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