The wiretapped conversation was contained in a 126-page proffer filed late Tuesday by prosecutors in anticipation of the March 6 trial of Madigan confidant Michael McClain and three others, all accused of trying to bribe the former speaker of the Illinois House to benefit ComEd.
By Jon Seidel
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
In summer 2018, months before it became apparent they were the targets of a federal investigation, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was reminded by a longtime confidant about a contract they’d help someone land that tied the person to ComEd.
Madigan then interrupted his confidant, Michael McClain. The men allegedly were near the end of an almost decadelong scheme, in which they persuaded ComEd to give Madigan’s associates jobs, contracts and money in order to curry favor with the speaker.
“Some of these guys have made out like bandits, Mike,” Madigan quipped, according to a newly released transcript of the phone conversation that was caught on a federal wiretap.
“Oh my God, for very little work too,” McClain said, coughing amid his response. “Very little work.”
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