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ComEd conspiracy case could go to trial all over again in February

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Two former ComEd officials could face trial all over again this February, four years after the feds first told a jury they’d plotted to illegally influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan. The case against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and longtime Madigan ally Michael McClain returned to the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Manish Shah on Thursday, for the first time since an appeals court ordered the pair released from prison and wiped out their 2023 convictions. Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur told the judge it still isn’t clear how the case will ultimately be resolved. But she said, “we are ready to proceed to trial.” And Shah told the lawyers, “I want you to be thinking about February 2027." Related Chicago’s top federal prosecutor ‘weighing’ options after appeals court formally undoes ComEd convictions “It’s obviously a case of some vintage,” Shah said. “Has been tried before. So in theory, people could get prepared and be ready for it.” There are new