'ComEd Four' bribery trial concludes with opposing views on charges and Madigan's benefits.

In the trial of four former political power players accused of arranging for jobs, contracts, and money for Michael Madigan allies in an illegal bid to sway Madigan as legislation crucial to ComEd moved through Springfield, federal prosecutors asked the jury to reject the idea that a "stunning" stream of benefits allegedly delivered to Madigan by that friend and three others amounted to anything other than bribery. The defense called the bribery charges "collateral damage" and asked the jury to "be the shield" between a private citizen and a "very powerful government committed, dedicated and on a mission to get Mike Madigan."