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Spotlight Politics: CEO to Testify as ‘ComEd Four’ Defense Begins; Johnson Names Transition Team

In this week’s edition of Spotlight Politics:

The prosecution rests its case after more shocking if not surprising testimony from the corruption trial of the “ComEd Four.” A longtime ally of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testifies he was paid by Commonwealth Edison to do “little or no work.”

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announces his transition team with Jessica Angus, vice president and chief of staff at SEIU Healthcare Illinois, named to lead the transition.

And Chicago is named to host the Democratic National Convention in 2024 – the first time the city has hosted the event since 1996.

Paris Schutz, Heather Cherone and Amanda Vinicky take on those stories and more.