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As of June 30, Madigan’s campaign committee had $6,380,227.32 cash on hand, according to campaign finance reports.
At one point, McClain expressed concerns that Madigan’s political organization was flailing so much that it would resemble the “Keystone Cops.”
Both Madigan’s departure from his earliest elected position, and who will likely take the post, are unsurprising within Chicago’s political landscape.
O’Neill testified that Pramaggiore received Ochoa’s resume from Madigan’s office in November 2017.
Over 11 hours of testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday (March 21-22), O’Neill repeatedly said he got the impression that Madigan’s influence was at work during key hiring and other strategic legislative periods at ComEd.
The prosecutor accused Pramaggiore and Hooker of lying on the stand last week, including when Pramaggiore said she didn’t grasp Madigan’s connection to the subcontractors until after she learned of the feds’ investigation.
They also portrayed in colorful relief Madigan and McClain playing hardball, plotting the forced resignation of a longtime ally and talking about delivering “body blows” to Madigan’s counterpart in the Senate over a perceived political slight.