Chicago US attorney defends his meddling with grand jury process over immigration protest case
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps last year. It’s a rare admission of his role in a secretive process that hadn’t been playing out like the government wanted. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros released a five-page statement Tuesday, with transcript excerpts, in…




















