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Your Illinois News Radar » Feds recorded McClain phone calls - The Capitol Fax Blog

* By Ray Long and Jason Meisner at the Tribune…

Federal authorities recorded phone calls of one of House Speaker Michael Madigan’s closest confidants as part of the burgeoning investigation into ComEd’s lobbying practices, two sources with knowledge of the probe told the Chicago Tribune.

Recordings of phone conversations involving Michael McClain, who lobbied for ComEd and parent company Exelon before retiring in 2016, are part of the expansive probe that has rocked the Springfield political establishment over the past several months, the sources said. […]

It is unknown if the FBI listened in on any calls between McClain and Madigan, who is famously cautious about what he says in public and over the phone.

But McClain, 71, whose friendship with Madigan dates to when they both served in the House in the 1970s, is widely viewed as one of the few people in Springfield who would have candid conversations about legislative and political strategies with the speaker. Before he retired, McClain often could be found camped out in front of the speaker’s third-floor Capitol office.

He was also a frequent MJM dinner companion. But, as I’ve said before, Madigan is a lot like Paulie Cicero…

Paulie hated phones. He wouldn’t have one in his house. He used to get all his calls second hand, then you’d have to call the people back from an outside phone. There were guys, that’s all they did all day long was take care of Paulie’s phone calls.

Then again, they got Paulie in the end.

2019-11-13 04:28:06Z
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/12/feds-recorded-mcclain-phone-calls/

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