Utility's indicted CEO considered Madigan when hiring, witness says
CHICAGO — In April 2017, a top staffer in then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's office was looking to leave his job after a combined nearly...
CHICAGO — In April 2017, a top staffer in then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's office was looking to leave his job after a combined nearly 18 years working for the speaker's office and as his political director. Will Cousineau applied for a high-level job with electric utility Commonwealth Edison, and the director of ComEd's human resources department was getting ready to make him an offer, according to emails shown to a federal jury Wednesday. One email sent by HR to two of the utility's top attorneys asked them to review the hire before HR formally offered Cousineau the job of government and legislative affairs director, what would've been a new position within ComEd.