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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Convicted ComEd CEO’s attorney warns ‘we may be trying this case again,’ but judge won’t allow contact with jurors

Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore (right) walks into the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop for the ComEd bribery trial. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

An attorney for convicted former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore on Tuesday told the judge who presided over her lengthy trial that there’s a “significant chance that we may be trying this case again” as he made a pitch to question the jurors who heard it the first time. 

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber denied the request from attorney Scott Lassar during a brief telephone hearing. Jacqueline Jacobson, an attorney for ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, joined Lassar in making the request.

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