Federal prosecutors told jurors Wednesday they will hear more than 100 recordings over the next several weeks in the wide-ranging trial of four former political power players accused of trying to bribe then-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.
They’ll see piles of documents, hear from current and former lawmakers and cooperating witnesses, including a former Cook County recorder of deeds. And the feds promised in the trial’s opening statements that all of the evidence will show a clear scheme by the four to sway Madigan, “the most powerful person in the Illinois General Assembly,” to help ComEd.
