State Rep. Bob Rita said he followed the lead of Mike Madigan confidant Mike McClain when supporting a bill at the heart of the ComEd Four trial.
State Rep. Bob Rita said on Tuesday that despite being the main sponsor for one of the bills at the heart of the ComEd corruption trial, he was often kept out of the loop when it came to the drafting of the bill.
Assistant Majority Leader Rita admitted under oath that he didn't know much about energy or ComEd when he became the main sponsor of a 2016 bill known as FEJA, the Future Energy Jobs Act, one of the pieces of legislation at the heart of the so-called ComEd Four trial. Rita recalling a committee meeting on December 1, 2016, just before the bill was sent to the floor for a vote, when Rita, who inclined to vote against a last-minute amendment, was pulled aside by McClain, and told "it was fine, and to adopt the amendment."ComEd Four trial: Ex-legislators testify to Madigan's influence; 1st undercover recording played
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