Conservative Institute Illinois is no stranger to corruption, with politics in the Land of Lincoln having long been associated with graft and malfeasance.
That fact was on display again last week when former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison.
Scheme involved bribes for favorable legislation
According to Chicago’s ABC 7, Madigan’s sentence was handed down this past Friday by U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey.
It came four months after Illinois’ longest-serving House speaker was found guilty on 10 counts of bribery conspiracy and other corruption-related charges.
Prosecutors argued that Madigan arranged for the utility company ComEd to award lucrative no-work jobs to his political allies in exchange for favorable legislation.
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