CHICAGO — Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who spent years as a close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for his role in a bribery scheme targeted at the former speaker.

McClain, 77, was the marquee defendant in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial and the third of his co-conspirators to be sentenced for their convictions related to the yearslong scheme. As electric utility Commonwealth Edison’s top contract lobbyist, McClain pushed for the company to give jobs and contracts to Madigan allies, which the feds say greased the wheels for major legislation the company was pushing in Springfield.

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