Chicago AUSA William Hogan claimed he redacted the Broadview 6 grand jury transcripts to limit them to legal instruction. But he hid one of the most problematic bits of legal instruction in the transcripts, one that goes to the core of the First Amendment problem with the prosecution.
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Over the course of a week, Broadview 6 Matthew Skiba went from presenting as a newbie to claiming the effort of a Trump Train mob to intimidate Joe Biden supporters in 2020 was precedent for the Broadview 6 prosecution.
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The grand jury transcripts from the Broadview 6 case do more than show the misconduct was worse even than Judge April Perry said. They reveal how flimsy were Sheri Mecklenburg's excuses for charging 6 prominent Democrats rather than more obstructive protestors.
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Trump is not helping himself win support from Senate Republicans.
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The “Broadview Six,” the anti-ICE protesters whom the federal government tried to slap with felony conspiracy charges carrying a maximum sentence of six years in prison, had their case thrown out last week after District Judge April Perry determined top federal prosecutor Andrew Boutros botched the case.
Things are now getting even worse for Boutros and his team.
Christopher Parente, an…
Beneath the redactions in grand jury transcripts DOJ gave to Judge April Perry to review back in April were at least three cases of misconduct.
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The charges against the remaining “Broadview Six” protesters were dropped Thursday, in a win for anyone who has protested ICE activity under the Trump administration.
The six protesters were hit with felony conspiracy charges carrying a maximum sentence of six years in prison after they surrounded an ICE agent’s car in the Chicago suburb of Broadview in September in an attempt to slow it down.…
In the space of a year, Kat Abughazaleh’s campaign for Illinois’s 9th district went from internet oddity (“the first Gen Z influencer to run for Congress!”) to a movement dangerous enough to attract over $5 million in spending from AIPAC—as well as some late-stage dark-money handouts to any mercenary TikToker willing to take a snipe at Abughazaleh in 30-second increments. She lost to Evanston…
AIPAC is taking a victory lap after 2 of the 4 candidates it backed in the Illinois primaries won their races. But is it really a resounding win if you have to spend $22 million to still lose 2 races?
Illinois' 9th Congressional District race covers northern parts of the city, stretching up into the northwest suburbs
A dark money group is offering influencers $1,500 for one negative social media post about progressive Illinois House of Representatives candidate Kat Abughazaleh.
MS Now reported that Democracy Unmuted, a secretive, unofficial organization that registered its website two weeks ago, offered TikTok and Instagram influencer Amanda Informed $1,500 to push anti-Abughazaleh rhetoric on social media.…
Israel is emerging as a central theme in the upcoming midterms, with one of the clearest examples being Illinois's 9th district Democratic primary.