The “ComEd Four” trial opened Tuesday morning with a battle over whether secret federal recordings would be released to the news media.
Michael McClain arrives at the U.S. Dirksen Courthouse on March 14, 2023, on the first day of the “ComEd Four” bribery conspiracy trial. McClain, 75, a former Democratic legislator and lobbyist, is one of four charged.
The “ComEd Four” trial opened Tuesday morning with a battle over whether secret federal recordings would be released to the news media while the trial is in progress, but U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ruled news outlets have the “right of access” and sided with them. Patrick Cotter, lawyer for defendant Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, argued releasing the recordings, such as wire taps, could result in jurors flipping through radio or TV channels and hearing selected snippets that newsrooms would present “in the most entertaining form as possible.”Leinenweber had ruled in favor of Cotter’s argument last week that the recordings should not be released during the trial.
“The issue is not a matter of ratings,” argued Brian Saucier, the attorney for the news media, but rather a “question of good journalism.”Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
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