Federal judge tells longtime insider it was “imperative to wipe away the notion” that his actions were merely lobbying a ...

A former executive for electric utility ComEd has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois ...

Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S.

Hooker and three others were convicted in May 2023 of a conspiracy to illegally sway former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for his role in a scheme to funnel $1.3 ...

John Hooker, one of the four former Commonwealth Edison officials convicted of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker ...

In May of 2023, a federal jury convicted former ComEd Chief Executive Officer Anne Pramaggiore and three others of conspiracy, bribery and falsifying records.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A former ComEd lobbyist was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison. John Hooker will be on supervised release for six months after the sentence is completed. He also has to pay a ...

John Hooker, one of the “ComEd Four”, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

On the same day one of his co-defendants was sentenced to prison, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked a federal judge to permit him to remain free until his case has been reviewed by a ...