{"id":2263,"date":"2026-06-09T23:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:38:41","slug":"grand-juror-called-dojs-controversial-chicago-protest-indictment-a-crock-before-it-was-approved-transcript-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"Grand juror called DOJ\u2019s controversial Chicago protest indictment \u2018a crock\u2019 before it was approved, transcript shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Newly released transcripts show a grand juror told prosecutors a proposed indictment was &#8220;a crock.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The US Attorney&#8217;s Office in Chicago has faced a crisis in recent weeks over its handling of those grand jury proceedings.<\/li>\n<li>The Justice Department dropped all charges in the case last month after a judge found the grand jury process improper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Some grand jurors in Chicago told the Justice Department in October they were skeptical of a proposed indictment of six Democratic politicians and activists who had protested outside a federal immigration detention center outside Chicago, according to newly released transcripts of the October grand jury sessions.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2259\">Iron Age woman likely had her brains scooped out before burial, study suggests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cDo you have unlimited tries?\u201d one grand juror asked prosecutorsa week after the grand jury had already voted against the indictment. The Justice Department was trying again.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Attorney Andrew Boutros at his office in the Dirksen US Courthouse in April 2025 in Chicago.\" class=\"wp-image-2262\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0c59bea7f0c83600fbe84110f33ac2d2.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>US Attorney Andrew Boutros at his office in the Dirksen US Courthouse in April 2025 in Chicago.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>E. Jason Wambsgans\/Chicago Tribune\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Justice Department rushes to defense of Chicago US attorney after weeks of turmoil<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>9  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday authorized the release of several pages of transcripts from October grand jury proceedings where the protesters, now known as the \u201cBroadview Six,\u201d were charged. It is exceedingly rare for full grand jury transcripts, showing prosecutors\u2019 interactions with the grand jury members analyzing a possible criminal case, to be made public.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In recent weeks, the grand jury issues in the Broadview Six case have sent the US Attorney\u2019s Office in Chicago, and its US Attorney Andrew Boutros, into crisis. Pushback from defense attorneys and scrutiny from judges \u2014 on the Broadview Six case and others \u2014 will continue following the release of the transcripts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A judge had already characterized the exchanges as improper. She noted in a hearing in May that line prosecutors vouched for their evidence and injected their own views into the proceedings. The judge said the prosecutors had sent home a grand juror who indicated they would vote no on the indictment, a week after the indictment failed to win support last October.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The grand jury was meeting every Thursday last fall to examine cases prosecutors proposed. This case was presented to the same grand jury three weeks in a row in October, but not all grand jurors needed to be present each session.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            After one grand juror asked if there were new facts to add to the case, one of the prosecutors responded, \u201cI\u2019m feeling the skepticism already. Are you going to be able to listen with an open mind? Tell me the truth.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is,\u201d the unnamed grand juror responded, according to the newly released transcripts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The prosecutor then excused the grand juror \u2014 an approach so problematic, the US attorney\u2019s office cut short the session without asking the grand jury to vote again.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2253\">Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            A week later, the grand jury approved an indictment of the Broadview Six \u2014 its third session about the case.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The US attorney\u2019s office dropped the charges against them last month shortly after the judge, April Perry, read the previously secret grand jury transcripts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThese transcripts prove that the grand jury in the Broadview 6 case repeatedly attempted to say \u2018no\u2019 to this sham political indictment,\u201d Christopher Parente, an attorney for one of the Broadview Six defendants, said in a statement on Tuesday. \u201cThis DOJ has violated the good faith foundation of the grand jury process to weaponize indictments and subvert the law.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Continued fallout\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The situation also has raised questions about the possible involvement of Justice Department political leadership in the Chicago office\u2019s prosecution efforts of the Democratic activists. Last week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche voiced his support for Boutros.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            However, a lower-level prosecutor told the grand jury on the Broadview Six case in October, \u201cI do not want to touch politics with a ten-foot pole,\u201d and that \u201cwe\u2019re putting blinders on to politics,\u201d given that the case involved federal immigration law enforcement, according to the newly released transcripts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            More than 100 alumni of the office, including several well-known former federal prosecutors, issued a written statement on Monday saying they believed the office was suffering from \u201ca failure of leadership\u201d and that \u201conce-forbidden political considerations are infecting prosecutorial decisions.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Also this week, defense attorneys in at least two other cases in the Northern District of Illinois\u2019 trial-level court have raised the Broadview Six grand jury debacle as reason for judges to review prosecutors\u2019 work in other criminal cases.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Boutros has boasted about his aggressive approach to charging cases, especially related to gun crimes, and also says he\u2019s \u201cspent the last year righting the ship through significant changes and reforms,\u201d according to a statement his office posted on social media yesterday.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2251\">Republicans send $70 billion in ICE and border patrol funding to Trump\u2019s desk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some grand jurors in Chicago told the Justice Department in October they were skeptical of a proposed indictment of six Democratic politicians and activists who had protested outside a federal immigration detention center outside Chicago, according to newly released transcripts of the October grand jury sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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