Federal prosecutors on Thursday told a judge they are not yet ready to say whether they’ll retry the lead defendants in the “ComEd Four” case who were convicted in 2023 of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
But U.S. District Judge Manish Shah asked the parties to be ready for a possible retrial early next year.
Thursday morning’s hearing comes four months after the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the release from prison of longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore.
The other half of the ComEd Four did not appeal their convictions but had already finished their own months-long sentences by then.
