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ComEd Regional Headquarters located California and Roscoe on the Northside of Chicago on November 5, 2019.

ComEd Regional Headquarters located California and Roscoe on the Northside of Chicago on November 5, 2019.

Manuel Martinez

ComEd Regional Headquarters located California and Roscoe on the Northside of Chicago on November 5, 2019.

ComEd Regional Headquarters located California and Roscoe on the Northside of Chicago on November 5, 2019.

Manuel Martinez

Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case soon in the ComEd bribery trial

Federal prosecutors are expected to finish presenting their evidence this week in the ComEd bribery trial. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Dave McKinney

ComEd Regional Headquarters located California and Roscoe on the Northside of Chicago on November 5, 2019.

Manuel Martinez

   

Federal prosecutors are expected to finish presenting their evidence this week in the ComEd bribery trial.

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