South Cook News

Cook County Republican Party Chairman Sean Morrison says it's not surprising that House Speaker Mike Madigan finds himself in federal legal trouble connected to ComEd, which confessed to “arranging jobs and contracts for political allies of high-level state of Illinois official.” 

According to the Cook County Republican Party’s website, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois announced the energy company agreed to pay a $200 million fine and work with federal prosecutors for the bribery scheme probe, to which they allege Madigan is connected. 

“What we’ve heard today is nothing new to the residents of our great state,” Morrison said. “We are all too familiar with widespread government corruption and now we see that it walks hand-in-hand with private sector companies.”

He continued and slammed Commonwealth Edison for its practices and misconduct. 

“A massive corporation like ComEd exploiting their influence and position in the marketplace through bribery and the cooperation of corrupt elected officials and their associates,” he said, according to the Cook Republican’s party site. “I think it's time for 'Public Official A' (Madigan) to publicly address these allegations. It's absolutely shameful and another dark day for the state of Illinois.”

He ended by calling out Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his alleged involvement in a property tax fraud scam. 

“As for Gov. Pritzker and his property tax fraud scheme, it is just another example of how Democrats have a total disregard for the laws, regulations and rules that exist for everyone else but them," Morrison said. "I look forward to the U.S. Attorney's Office continuing its vigorous efforts to root out public corruption at all levels of government throughout Illinois."