‘ComEd Four’ trial, released wiretaps a lesson for Illinois lawmakers hoping for change – Center Square

During the trial Tuesday, state Rep. Bob Rita testified he was the sponsor of the Future Energy Jobs Act, a wide-ranging and controversial energy bill that state lawmakers passed in December 2016. Rita told jurors that when he was presented with an amendment to that legislation that he previously didn't know about, defendant Michael McClain pulled him out of a committee hearing to direct him to proceed with the amendment. And that's what he did.