The former president of A-T-and-T Illinois, who was accused of bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, could see the charges against him disappear in a year under a new agreement with federal prosecutors.
Capitol News Illinois reports Paul La Schiazza will no longer face a retrial so long as he pays a $200-hundred-thousand-dollar fine and stays out of legal trouble for the next year.
La Schiazza’s agreement with the feds includes an admission that he intended to bribe Madigan when he directed A-T-and-T to pay the speaker’s political ally for a no-work contract in 2017. In exchange, prosecutors say legislation the telecom giant had long pushed for finally passed in Springfield
