One intern candidate had a 1.1 GPA, according to emails prosecutors showed on Tuesday. When Marquez pointed this out to McClain, McClain responded "Holy mackerel, even mine was higher than that number!" Marquez testified that he considered requests from McClain to be directly from Madigan. In one instance, Nicole Madigan, at the request of her father, emailed McClain in 2012 because of a power outage at Tiffany Madigan's place. McClain in turn emailed Marquez. When power was restored, McClain responded with an email that said, in part, "Fidel Marquez dropped and did ... Enjoy."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.