As time goes on, it seems more obvious to me that Donald Trump would fit right in with all the regulars of the local Democratic Party.
And Alderman Ed Burke—who’s facing federal corruption charges—helped Trump save millions in property taxes by appealing the assessment on Trump Tower to the Cook County assessor’s office, which was then headed by Joe Berrios—another Chicago Democrat.
Madigan says he did nothing wrong. Says he doesn’t dictate who ComEd hires. And points out that ComEd’s rate deals passed with plenty of Republican support. So it’s not like he did anything on ComEd’s behalf.
It looked like Microsoft might purchase TikTok. But Trump let it be known that he preferred Oracle.
And in a move straight out of the ComEd playbook, Oracle hired people close to Trump, including a lobbyist named Matt Schlapp whose wife, Mercedes Schlapp, works for Trump’s reelection campaign.
When local Dems get in trouble, they dip into their campaign funds to pay their legal bills. Madigan’s done it—as have Burke and former Alderman Danny Solis.
