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ComEd pleads not guilty in alleged influence-peddling scheme

by AP Legal Affairs Writer
| August 6, 2020 12:06 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — Energy utility ComEd pleaded not guilty to bribery at an arraignment Wednesday despite previously admitting wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scheme that also threatens to ensnare Illinois’ most powerful Democrat, state House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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