
About three months before he’s slated to go to trial on racketeering charges alongside former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Madigan’s longtime confidant Michael McClain is set to be sentenced on bribery charges.
McClain and his co-defendants — former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore, retired ComEd executive John Hooker and former City Club of Chicago President Jay Doherty — were found guilty Tuesday in an elaborate scheme to influence Madigan that funneled $1.3 million in payments to the speaker’s political allies.