Senators Durbin, Duckworth Call for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to Resign After "Broadview Six" Misconduct Accusations
The senators said Boutros’s office was riddled with chaos and alleged misconduct after the Broadview Six case collapsed over grand jury issues.
- Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth called Tuesday for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign, characterizing his tenure as "riddled with chaos, deep internal dysfunction, and alleged misconduct" following the Broadview Six case collapse.
- Charges against the Broadview Six, protesters involved in a September 26, 2025, immigration facility demonstration, were dropped last month after a judge revealed prosecutors engaged in misconduct including hiding grand jury transcripts.
- Boutros issued a "rare special report" this week attributing grand jury transcript discrepancies to a "mistaken identity" involving Assistant United States Attorney Aaron Bond, though claiming he only provided "general comments" to jurors.
- The resignation demand emerges amid an investigation into a nonprofit that funded legal fees for E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who sued President Donald Trump, while morale in the office has collapsed amid prosecutor exodus.
- Durbin and Duckworth demanded an "open, transparent, and nonpartisan search" to nominate the next U.S. Attorney, emphasizing professional standards as the Trump administration faces scrutiny over its use of the justice system.
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Durbin, Duckworth call for Chicago’s U.S. attorney to resign – NewsNation
The demand from the Illinois Democrats comes less than two weeks after federal prosecutors dropped the charges against the remaining defendants in the “Broadview Six” case due to allegations of misconduct during grand jury proceedings.
“Appalling Misconduct”: Chicago Federal Prosecutors Under Fire; “Broadview 6” Charges Dropped
Calls are growing for the interim U.S. attorney in Chicago, Andrew Boutros, to resign over his handling of the “Broadview 6” case — six individuals charged with federal crimes for protesting outside Chicago’s Broadview ICE jail in September. The remaining charges against four of the Broadview 6 were recently dismissed after the case collapsed in court due to widespread prosecutorial misconduct. “This DOJ has completely corrupted the grand jury process,” says attorney Chris Parente, who
'Chaos' and 'dysfunction': Durbin, Duckworth want top federal prosecutor out; Boutros fights back
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth called for the resignation Tuesday of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros who said he did nothing improper in speaking with a grand jury.
Durbin, Duckworth call for Chicago’s US attorney to resign
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Tuesday called on interim U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign following the doomed “Broadview Six” case, accusing him of presiding over a federal office plagued by dysfunction and alleged misconduct. “Andrew Boutros’s time as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has been riddled…
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Durbin, Duckworth say Boutros must go (Updated)CapitolFax.com
* Press release… U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement on Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros: “Andrew Boutros’s time as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has been riddled with chaos, [...]
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