"I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of s--- then and I still think it is”
Broadview Six grand jury transcripts released showing rancor, alleged misconduct by prosecutors in controversial indictment of Midway Blitz protesters
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/b...
When a "Broadview Six" grand juror asked if everyone who walked in front of the agent's car could be charged with a conspiracy, the prosecutor scolded: "I don’t want to answer hypotheticals. We charged only people who were actually doing things.”
UPDATE:
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After failing to secure an indictment in the “Broadview Six” case last October, federal prosecutors tried again a week later but ran into immediate skepticism from some members of the panel, according...
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The improper "vouching" for the Broadview Six indictment allegedly began just a minute into the very first grand jury session, when prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg told the panel they should trust she "would never ask you to charge somebody if I didn't think there was probable cause"
Today’s front (expletive) page.
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NEW: Hours before the release of grand jury transcripts in the “Broadview Six” case, the fallout was front-and-center in an unrelated fraud case where a judge had this to say:
“The front office has created. a credibility crisis, and that is a real problem” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/b...
///BREAKING/// The Broadview Six grand jury transcripts are public. I'm taking a look at Oct. 16, 2025, the session that allegedly ended with "tension" and jurors being removed.
Grand juror: "I heard this case like last
week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I
still think it is."
Prosecutor: I kind of had that
impression from last week, but thank you....
Read the transcripts: 'Broadview Six' grand jury transcripts released showing alleged misconduct by prosecutors www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/r...
JUST IN: The feds indict ex-CHA property director Ryan Ross with taking $421,000 in kickbacks from the owner of a construction company for steering nearly $5 million in construction contracts at CHA sites.
Ross was fired amid an IG probe, the Tribune reported:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/c...
Jason Meisner
After failing to secure an indictment in the “Broadview Six” case last October, federal prosecutors tried again a week later but ran into immediate skepticism from some members of the panel, according...
Transcript in the “Broadview Six” case were released Tuesday, detailing alleged misconduct by federal prosecutors in the against Operation Midway Blitz protesters, which collapsed in dramatic fashion ...
Hours before the release of stunning grand jury transcripts in the “Broadview Six” case Tuesday, the fallout from the now-dismissed prosecutorial debacle was front-and-center in a hearing on an unrela...
