Former City Club President Jay Doherty was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally influence then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on behalf of ComEd.

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah delivered the sentence in a Chicago courtroom on Tuesday. He said Doherty was key to maintaining a “secret relationship” between the utility and the former house speaker.

“You and your company were the metaphoric cash in an envelope that amounted to bribes,” Shah said from the bench.

Shah’s sentence came after Doherty addressed the judge and took responsibility for his crimes.

“I’m here to tell you that I was wrong, in my actions and in my thinking. I spent my entire life in my career being a person that connected people. That built relationships,” Doherty said. “Now I s

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