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U.S. District Judge Manish Shah delivered the sentence in a Chicago courtroom Monday, saying that former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was “all in” on a “creative arrangement” to bribe Madigan and cover it up.
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Hard for me to believe the former CEO of Exelon Chris Crane did not know all of these shenanigans were going on at ComEd.
She’ll be out early. This is Illinois. Ask Ed Burke
I sort of feel sorry for her. She was simply doing what every business in Illinois is required to do if they need to work with state government. Nothing has changed, her conviction and prison sentence will not be the catalyst for honesty in government.
Love this judge!!
Lassar told the judge “you will never have a finer person appear before you than Ms. Pramaggiore.” He spoke of Pramaggiore’s good works for her employees. He said, “I don’t know how she did her job and all these other kindnesses.
“It’s inexplicable to me how someone could do all that, but she did.”
But in the end, Shah told Pramaggiore she “had the power to change the culture at ComEd.”
“You didn’t think to change the culture of corruption,” Shah told her. “You were all in.”
Al Capone had soup kitchens for the poor also at the height of his stranglehold on CHI. I guess he should be considered a saint as well.
Two down,Two to go!!