The federal judge presiding over the ComEd bribery trial reversed course Tuesday and ruled that secret recordings made of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his allies may be released to the media after they are played for jurors.
That means people across Illinois will finally have an opportunity to hear the evidence at the core of the federal corruption investigation that ended Madigan’s record-breaking tenure as the leader of the Illinois House of Representatives and landed him under indictment.
