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Jun 12
'Is Mr. Boutros here?' Judge drops fraud charges, calls out U.S. attorney as ‘Broadview 6’ fallout grows
From @SophiePSherry: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jun 12
UPDATE: Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman agreed today to permanently dismiss the charges against these two fraud defendants, per @SophiePSherry
But she repeatedly asked, “where is Mr. Boutros?”
(He wasn’t there.)
Jun 12
One day after a judge threatened to hold a hearing that could have put Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on the stand, his office moved to avoid it by permanently dropping charges against two defendants in a massive fraud case.
From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Coleman also said, “Pandoras box has been opened.”
“I don’t know if by doing this you get to put everything back in the box.”
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Jun 12
I won’t be able to attend this hearing, but I’ll share @Suntimes coverage as it comes in.
Jun 12
UPDATE: U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman has called a 2 p.m. hearing on the feds' motion to dismiss:
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UPDATE: U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman has called a 2 p.m. hearing on the feds' motion to dismiss:
Jun 12
One day after a judge threatened to hold a hearing that could have put Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on the stand, his office moved to avoid it by permanently dropping charges against two defendants in a massive fraud case.
From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jun 12
One day after a judge threatened to hold a hearing that could have put Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on the stand, his office moved to avoid it by permanently dropping charges against two defendants in a massive fraud case.
From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jun 12
#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago have moved to permanently dismiss charges against two defendants in a fraud case tied to Loretto Hospital in what appears to be a bid to avoid a hearing over prosecutorial misconduct before a grand jury:
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Jun 11
“News of the disaster before the Illinois grand jury could well make the judges … more inclined to grant access to grand-jury material.”
The ‘Presumption of Regularity’ Is Evaporating, by Quinta Jurecic: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Jun 11
“I’m not going to wait. I’m not waiting two weeks. No.”
Federal judge in Chicago sets June 17 hearing over alleged grand jury misconduct by prosecutor, with only one way out: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jun 11
With allegations of misconduct and a “credibility crisis” swirling around Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros’ office, a judge on Wednesday said she’d be holding a hearing — and she gave Boutros’ team one way out.
From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jun 10
NEW: U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman has set for June 17 what could be the first hearing over claims of prosecutorial misconduct before grand juries in Chicago.
Rather than "Broadview 6," it comes in a fraud case tied to Loretto Hospital: chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
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Jun 10
Coleman: "I'm a lifelong prosecutor. Federal and state level. I know this circle. I know this sphere. And so the court wants to do right by this."
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Coleman told the lawyers to be thinking about potential witnesses.
She also told the feds there's one way to avoid all this — "I think you know what that is."
Likely, dismissing the case.
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A federal prosecutor excused a grand juror who called the "Broadview Six" case a “crock of sh--.”
Asked if the feds get "unlimited tries" to indict, she said, "I don't think we have to worry.”
She said, "I don't charge people unless I'm absolutely sure": chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
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Jun 9
AUSA Sheri Mecklenburg: "I would never ask you to charge somebody if I didn't think there was probable cause … I don't charge people unless I'm absolutely sure."
Jun 9
DEVELOPING: Read the grand jury transcripts that tanked the controversial 'Broadview 6' case, via @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
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Jun 9
The agent testified about being in the SUV surrounded by protesters and said, "I thought I was going to get drug out of the vehicle and, you know, assaulted or beat down."
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Early on 10/23/25 is when Mecklenburg explained her conversations with grand jurors outside of the grand jury room:
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