With two members of the ComEd Four scheduled to be sentenced next week, Illinois Democrats and Republicans differ on the need for energy-related ethics reform. Sentencing is scheduled next Monday, July 21,

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. Attorney's office.

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 higher court.

As sentencing proceeds for four people convicted in the ComEd Four trial, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan plans to appeal his conviction on ten counts

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

Michael Madigan, the former Illinois House Speaker convicted of federal corruption charges, arrives at the federal court building in Chicago for his sentencing hearing.

John Hooker, one of the four former Commonwealth Edison officials convicted of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The sentence is well below the recommendation from federal prosecutors of 56 months.

Federal prosecutors have recommended nearly six years in prison for ex-lobbyist Mike McClain over his role in the ComEd bribery scheme tied to Michael Madigan.