The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration's immigration sweeps last year. It's a rare admission of his role in a secretive process that hadn't been playing out like the government wanted.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros released a five-page statement Tuesday, with transcript excerpts, in response to claims by defense lawyers that he had unusual "personal contact" with the grand jury last October before an indictment was handed up on a third try.
