JUST IN: Chicago's U.S. Attorney's Office says a special counsel need not be appointed to look into wrongdoing in the "Broadview Six" case, and that a hearing on sanctions isn’t warranted. background: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/b...

JUST IN: Imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an extension on the deadline to ask them to hear his case. He now has until Aug. 26

After a member of a brazen armed robbery crew was shot in the shoulder, he checked into a hospital under an alias, the feds say While he was in the ER, Jordan Fox posted a selfie on Facebook with the caption: “All these sins and God still not ready fa me yet" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/23/c...

It was a dog of a game. But man what a cool shot from Wrigley by the Tribune’s @mandophotos.bsky.social

JUST IN: Judge rules ex-Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed’s decision to fight extradition means he’s not entitled to a hearing on dismissal of fraud charges due to prosecutorial misconduct— at least for now His co-defendants were cut loose last month: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/f...

Prosecutors are now asking for an additional two weeks to file reponses on all the ongoing issues in the "Broadview Six" case Defense does not oppose, so we're looking at Aug. 4 now

JUST IN: In a filing calling for a full hearing, lawyers for the Broadview Six take US Attorney Andrew Boutros to task for his office-wide email on the day charges were dropped calling his prosecution team “Courageous.” They say his message should have been “exactly the opposite”

In granting compassionate release for convicted fraudster Yale Schiff, a federal judge says she's "deeply troubled" that the U.S. attorney's office did not oppose it, which they routinely do in almost every case. She says this could influence treatment of future defendants:

JUST IN: After abruptly dropping the original charges, the feds have now indicted at least one of the defendants accused in an ATF weapons sting that led to the shooting of two suspects, according to this defense filing today. The case is sealed on the docket www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/c...

JUST IN: In a 2-1 decision, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has REVERSED the lower court decisions overturning Illinois' law banning certain assault weapons, which passed in the wake of the July 4, 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park:

The 12-page filing appears to have been filed by Boutros himself. He says he "believed in good faith" that the case would be unsealed by the time he spoke at a news conference in DC with Acting AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel:

JUST IN: The U.S. attorneys office has asked a magistrate judge to cancel a hearing Thursday where U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros may have to explain why he made charges in a murder/kidnapping case public even though her order sealing the case was still in effect They say it was all done in good faith

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JUST IN: Chicago man charged with obstruction of justice stemming from an alleged plot to attack the UFC event at the White House with drones:

JUST IN: The feds say ex-Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed should NOT be allowed to join in a motion to dismiss his indictment because he's a fugitive who knew he was under investigation when he left for Dubai in 2024: "Federal courts do not play 'catch me if you can'"

I suppose I always knew that if I stuck around the Chicago federal beat long enough, I'd eventually get to write a fraud story about a yacht named "Butt Nekkid." That day is today. Story coming soon

Here is what Boutros says about the irregularities before the grand jury in the arson case he just dropped, including ex parte comments from the prosecutor about news reports on her other big case against Loretto Hospital executives "Most of them aren't as smart as they think"

In dropping the case, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said in a motion he filed himself that the office is interested in assuring the “presumption of regularity” is not shaken

Statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors have abruptly dropped charges against three men accused of robbing undercover agents during a gun transaction in Country Club Hills after video surfaced that allegedly called the account of one of the agents into question

JUST IN: There are new allegations of grand jury misconduct by the federal prosecutor in the “Broadview Six” case, this time in an arson case where she allegedly vouched for the strength of the evidence and made improper comments about her personal opinions:

A transcript of the FBI agent's testimony in the "Broadview Six" grand jury proceedings has been made public The agent normally worked violent crimes, "to include bank robberies, fugitives, kidnappings." Instead they had him searching Instagram and Googling things like "guitar girl Broadview ICE" 👇

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:

///BREAKING/// Another case bites the dust in the wake of the “Broadview Six” scandal, as prosecutors move to dismiss charges with prejudice against two defendants in a COVID-19 fraud scandal tied to former Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed

JUST IN: The feds have charged three people in the attempted armed robbery of undecover agents during a gun transaction in Country Club Hills, which ended with agents shooting two of the suspects www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/c...

Today’s front (expletive) page. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/b...

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"

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....

///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.