I'm not worried at all. That rainy day fund Mayor Daley scrupulously set aside to protect taxpayers when he sold off the meters has surely been sitting in an account earning interest for like 16 years now, right?
Right?
🙁
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JUST IN: The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says there was ample evidence against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain and that prosecutors are free to retry them if they want.
“We are not suggesting that Pramaggiore and McClain are innocent”
One year ago today:
It was a real pleasure to be with Brian Mackey on “The 21st Show” today to talk about the “Broadview Six” case and the grand jury scandal that has enveloped the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse:
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Shortly after Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman asked repeatedly about U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' whereabouts, they wound up in the same courtroom together: at the swearing-in ceremony of Magistrate Judge Albert Berry III
That's some federal court irony
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Statement from the US Attorney's Office:
Because the Seventh Circuit has stated that the government is ‘entitled to retry’ both defendants ‘at its discretion,’ we are weighing our options and will advise the District Court of our decision at the appropriate time.”
This story has UPDATED with U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros saying he "fully" supports investigations by the Illinois ARDC and DOJ into the Broadview Six prosecution -- and calls a letter from Democrat U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin "incomplete, ill-informed, and severely distorted."
NEW: Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” late Tuesday asked a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of court.
“No one can credibly investigate themselves.”
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A 7th Circuit opinion citing "compelling" evidence in the case against ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain means the U.S. attorney’s office has a tough decision to make.
Could there be a retrial? No one's saying yet.
Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/15/f...
JUST IN: Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” are asking a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. attorneys office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of court.
Background:
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Late Thursday, prosecutors moved to permanently dismiss all charges against two defendants who were challenging their indictment in a massive, $800 million COVID-19 testing fraud scheme.
The system’s ownership group warned the city could face “financial catastrophe” if aldermen move ahead on their threats to reject a sale to a new owner.
Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” late Tuesday asked a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. attorney’s office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of c...
A Chicago federal appeals court on Monday said there was “compelling” evidence against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain in the “ComEd Four” case and that prosecutors were...
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A federal judge overseeing a high-profile COVID-19 testing fraud case has ordered what promises to be a bombshell evidentiary hearing into grand jury issues involving the same prosecutor whose alleged...
JUST IN: The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says there was ample evidence against former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain and that prosecutors are free to retry them if they want.
“We are not suggesting that Pramaggiore and McClain are innocent”
NEW: Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” late Tuesday asked a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of court.
“No one can credibly investigate themselves.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/17/b...
Lawyers for the “Broadview Six” late Tuesday asked a federal judge to appoint special counsel to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the U.S. attorney’s office — and possibly prosecute for contempt of c...
