A federal judge ruled Wednesday that former Illinois state Rep. Edward Acevedo must testify in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is accused of inducing utility giants ComEd and AT&T Illinois to pay Acevedo nearly $150,

Acevedo plays a role in two alleged bribery schemes in Madigan’s trial involving ComEd and AT&T Illinois. He has never faced criminal charges for that specific conduct, but he served a six-month sentence for a tax evasion charge in a spinoff prosecution.

A federal judge will rule Wednesday morning whether one of the government‘s key witnesses against former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan is competent to testify.

Former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo never had to appear in a federal courtroom between 2021 and 2022 as he was arraigned on tax evasion charges, later pleaded guilty and was then sentenced to six months in prison all via videoconference due to COVID-19.

Acevedo required to testify at Madigan trial A judge has ruled that former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo is required to testify at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.

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After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “Sphinx.