The jury heard a series of calls between Mike McClain and Will Cousineau on Thursday.

Many of the calls between McClain and Cousineau had to do with Kevin Quinn’s job search at Cornerstone (Cousineau’s company), following his firing over sexual harassment allegations.

Cousineau hesitated.

They discussed a plan to create a contract for Quinn, and not just a piece of paper to protect them from the IRS.

There was also a conversation about finding a job for Eddie Acevedo.

They also talked about protecting Madigan and ensuring he maintains his role as spokesperson.

On one call, McClain was heard saying, “We can’t lose our friend (Madigan) and give Illinois to these guys (former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner).”

Cousineau left the president’s office in 2018 and said there were several allegations of sexual harassment by Democratic officials and staffers at the time, which worried Madigan.

Cousineau said meetings were held on how to handle the allegations.

In one call, Cousineau was heard telling McClain that they needed to hire a public relations firm to handle the allegations.

There was also a call about AT&T.

Cousineau lobbied for CenturyLink, a telecommunications company. At that time they wanted to get a change in the law. Then he met with McClain.

He asked me if&T had a problem with the legislation.

In 2017, the legislation was promoted by AT&T. It was later signed into law in 2017.

McClain and Cousineau were also heard on a call talking about how Rep. Kelly Cassidy needed to be careful.

McClain tells Cousineau, “Madigan is slowly burning her. You should be very careful. You may be in the outer hemisphere if you don’t watch.”