Former Illinois Democrat House Speaker Mike Madigan, the longest-serving state legislative leader in the nation, is going to prison.

Madigan was convicted in February by a Chicago jury on 10 of 23 charges, finding him guilty of bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud. The charges included involvement in a scheme with regional utility ComEd, described by ABC7 in Chicago, “that enriched his allies in exchange for favorable legislation.” He was sentenced by a federal judge to 7 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $2.5 million. His prison term is set to begin in October.

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey minced no words during the sentencing of the 83-year-old former legislator, calling the trial proceedings “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion.”

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