Michael McClane, former-speaker Michael Madigan had a long-standing, a smart and hardworking lobist, who never agreed or knew about any bribery plan, his lawyer on Tuesday, Landmark of Madigan and McClenn Asked the gamblers to close the arguments in public corruption tests.
“What the evidence of this test has shown is lobbying and politics. Lobming and politics, “McClen Attorney Patrick Cotter said in its closing comments,” Lobbing and politics are not a crime. ,
McClen, an experienced lobist, who was close to Madigan for decades, is accused in six out of six in corruption prosecution, alleging that he and Madigan strengthened the power of Madigan and a Like a criminal venture, he accused his operation of line up.
Among the arguments that often ridiculed the government’s case as weak and irrational, Kotr insisted that there is a difficult line between lobbying and bribe. Kotter said that bribery requires a clear intentions and agreement to make some exchange for official action.
“A bribe includes an exchange, ‘This is a’ a ‘for her.” Does not lobbying. Does not lobbying. Lobing is about hope. This is a profession about hope, no guarantee, no exchange, ”said Kotter. “Building Trust and Reliability … is not bribe.”
For a long time, comed lobist McClane has been accused of participating in a scheme in which utility giants will give jobs in exchange for the support of the legislative agenda of Madigan’s utility. McClane will repeatedly refer to people for comed jobs at the behest of Madigan.
McClane and three others were convicted on related charges in the 2023 “Comed Four” trial, although the legal scenario has changed considerably as he was found guilty, and his lawyers are hoping to expel the punishment. Go
The US Supreme Court revived a federal bribery law last year, which means to find the McClane guilty, gamblers should find out that they agreed to participate in a clear Kwid-Pro-Quo system. .
And McClane’s actions did not meet that standard, Cotter told the gamblers, what McClen did was general relationship-making and favor-trading. Coatter said that not everyone gave jobs to everyone and McClen said, he said-Madigan’s son-in-law was also not hired, Kotter said.
And Cotter spent significant times on Tuesday, which attacks the credibility of Fidel Marx, a former comed executive, who made a deal with prosecutors to avoid the time of severe jail.
During his cooperation, Markez created a series of phone calls and recorded phone calls, where the plan to pay the sub -selectors was discussed, including a single where McClane “did not put anything in writing” “Said for.
But Kotter mentioned the speed with which Markez flipped to his colleagues, as the FBI faced him at his mother’s house in January 2019. Marx “to become a government ally in one or two hours from sleeping on his bed,” said Kotter.
“Very good. It’s amazing,” he said. “And it is all before breakfast.”
Kotter said that under the stand and his cooperation agreement, Marx did not particularly testify that Comed demanded to exchange jobs to support Madigan’s utility law. Marx repeatedly stated that Comed acted, so Madigan would look favorably on his agenda, but it is not an agreement or amount for exchange, Cotter argued.
He said, “He never said that ‘the conspiracy I was plotting with Mike McClane had to trade jobs for official action,” he said.
“What kind of conspiracy is there when co-ancients never talk about the point of conspiracy?” Cotter asked gamblers, sarcastically suggesting that it could be a “mental telepathy plot”.
Cotter on Tuesday revealed his comment to the gamblers, saying that they are “thin but incredibly strong lines that protect the citizens of this country, individual citizens from the power of power and federal government. … that power And only one thing between single human being, Mike McClane, you are. ”
“You are the ones who have to decide whether the government has made a mistake in this matter,” the coatter continued. “Have they gone too far, have they tried to spread the law that is to apply to the actual bribe … and tried to expand it to activities that are not for this exchange -Pairvi, politics, friendship. ”
In addition to accusing Comed and AT and T Illinois related to bribery schemes, the prosecution in the case accuses Madigan’s private law firm of pressurizing the real estate developers to work for tax appeal and to bring the solys Offer to help in the position of an attractive state board. Developers to him.
The trial, which began from 8 October, represents a long federal corruption investigation peak, resulting in many other Madigan-unseen figures in the last few years. Madigan, however, is the biggest goal.
The case focuses on over 150 wire-covered conversations and secretly video-ridden meetings, which gave gamblers a back view to see the evidence behind some marki allegations in the prosecution.
In his closing argument last week, the prosecutors said that the case came for “strength and profit” for Madigan, “the person calling the shots” who ruled the house with an iron fist for decades.