John Hooker, 1st of ComEd Four to Be Sentenced, Gets 18 Months in Prison for Madigan Bribery Scheme

John Hooker, 1st of ComEd Four to be sentenced, gets 18 months in prison for Madigan bribery scheme

John Hooker, the 1st of the ComEd Four to be sentenced, received 18 months in prison for a Mike Madigan bribery scheme.

Ex-ComEd lobbyist sentenced in scheme to bribe ex-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 million to then-Speaker Madigan's associates.

Former ComEd Lobbyist John Hooker Gets 18 Months in Prison for Role in Madigan Bribery Scheme – WTTW (Chicago)

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah said Hooker wasn’t simply engaged in recordkeeping errors. “Hiding transactions is how corruption succeeds and festers,” Shah said in handing down the sentence. “Refusing to say ‘No, this is not how legislation should be done’ … that caused the state government to fail to live up to its promise to the people.” Hooker was also ordered to pay a fine of $500,000 as part of his sentence.

Ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker gets 18-month prison sentence

Former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his part in a scheme to illegally influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.U.S. District Judge Manish Shah handed down the sentence in a Chicago courtroom on Monday, saying Hooker knowingly falsified ComEd’s books and records to hide the bribery scheme. And Shah took particular issue with his “clumsy” lies to explain away the corruption."[Hooker's] testimon…