COMED SCANDAL: What charges could Michael Madigan face?

CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors delivered a response to a question this weekend regarding the ComEd scandal. The question: is Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan implicated as part of the ComEd criminal investigation? The Associated Press reports that Madigan, the longest-serving statehouse speaker in the nation, is. Madigan is a subject in ComEd's criminal investigation regarding influence-peddling and lobbying activities to benefit a utility company.
Whether Madigan, 78, will face charges, when charges will be issued and for what crimes are currently unknown.
How we know Madigan is a target
Clues over the past year raise the possibility that Madigan was an investigative target by the Federal government. This includes charges against Madigan political allies. A clearly-revealing filing from the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago erased any imaginable doubts on Friday.
A prosecution deferment agreement reveals that ComEd would resolve a bribery scheme running for almost a decade for $200 million. This comes as the result of an investigation of the electric utility. The investigation reveals the utility was securing jobs and contracts for associates of a top-level official in exchange for favorable legislation.
While the document does not specify Madigan in particular, it might as well have. Moreover, it refers to a "Public Official A" as the individual ComEd was seeking to "influence and reward."

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