‘You agreed to wear wires against your ComEd family’: Star witness in Madigan trial grilled on cross-examination
CHICAGO – Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a cooperating witness in a criminal case the government was building against his colleagues at electric utility Commonwealth Edison and powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
A former ComEd executive -- turned government informant -- is back on the stand Wednesday for his fifth day in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
Key witness in Madigan corruption trial details how ex-Illinois speaker used his power
The case hinges on wiretapped phone calls, secret recordings, emails, and other messages. For days, Fidel Marquez, a politically-connected former ComEd executive, has been answering questions about his role in all of it. Attorneys on Wednesday brought the ...
Ex-ComEd VP, crucial witness against Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial
So when a cryptic email was forwarded to him in 2013 from Michael McClain, a longtime associate of House Speaker Michael Madigan, asking that ComEd shift a contract for one of Madigan’s top 13th Ward soldiers that Marquez had never heard of,
Former ComEd exec 'dropped and did' for Madigan, corruption trial reveals
A former ComEd executive has detailed how he and others at the utility company dropped what they were doing to please former Illinois House Speaker Michael
VIDEO: Prosecution witness cross examination continues in Madigan corruption trial
Cross-examination of former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez has resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman
Defense takes first shot at key prosecution witness in Madigan trial
Patrick Cotter, defense attorney for a longtime Madigan ally, spent more than three hours cross-examining former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez, trying to methodically rehabilitate his client.
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Madigan jurors hear star witness helped feds bring criminal charges against ComEd officials
Jurors learned that the cooperation of Fidel Marquez led to criminal charges against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ...
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VIDEO: Marquez testimony limitations debated at Madigan corruption trial
Former ComEd executive and cooperating government witness Fidel Marquez has returned to the witness stand for a sixth day of ...
Defense hammers star Madigan witness on gun form gaffe, divorce, memory, motive: 'Did you really believe that?'
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and an ally are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Madigan is accused of ...
‘You were in the ComEd family, weren’t you?’ Defense attacks credibility of key witness in Madigan corruption trial
Defense attorneys in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday attacked the credibility of a ...
VIDEO: Ex-ComEd exec not testifying to 'trash' Madigan during corruption trial
Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez is expected to testify for a sixth day at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...
Key witness testifies ComEd funneled more than $600,000 to Madigan allies to get bills passed
Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez (right) with his lawyer at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Friday, April 5, 2024 ...
ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy’ and not mess with no-work contracts
The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...