Jon Seidel
Federal Courts Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times
Federal Courts Reporter, @Suntimes; Author, “Second City Sinners”: https://t.co/0MTjYAghcY; Alum, @BSUCCIM and @PostTrib
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wbez.org | Jon Seidel
Andrew Boutros says he didn’t take the job as Chicago’s top federal prosecutor this spring as a short-term “field trip” — even if it’s on an interim basis. The man appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as interim U.S. attorney says he wants to “do the most and the best” he can in the role, whether it’s for months or years to come. Traditionally, it’d be up to President Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate to decide whether Boutros is here to stay.
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wbez.org | Frank Main |Tina Sfondeles |Jon Seidel
The quest to free Chicago drug kingpin Larry Hoover included a stop at Mar-a-Lago. A New York lawyer advocating for Hoover said he spoke with President Donald Trump several months ago at the resort where he lives in Palm Beach, Florida. It was among a series of high-profile meetings between Hoover’s lawyers and Trump and his top aides since 2018. On Wednesday, their years-long advocacy paid off with Trump commuting Hoover’s federal sentence of life in prison on a drug conspiracy conviction.
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wbez.org | Jon Seidel
In a blistering memo filed Friday night, federal prosecutors say former Illinois House Speaker Michael J.
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dailyherald.com | Jon Seidel
Madigan wielded the speaker’s gavel in Springfield for 36 years. Now he’s bracing to learn his fate June 13, when he’s due to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Blakey. The hearing comes four months after a jury convicted Madigan in an historic verdict. In a blistering memo filed Friday night, federal prosecutors say former Illinois House Speaker Michael J.
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chicago.suntimes.com | Jon Seidel
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Friday to sentence former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to 12½ years in prison for his corruption conviction earlier this year, arguing he was “steeped in corruption” and committed perjury at trial. “Time after time, Madigan exploited his immense power for his own personal benefit by trading his public office for private gain for himself and his associates,” federal prosecutors wrote in a memo Friday night.
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