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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP)

Cook County prosecutors say they can no longer rely on any testimony from a campus cop at the University of Illinois-Chicago who has acknowledged joining and paying dues to the Oath Keepers — a national, anti-government extremist group.

WBEZ and the Sun-Times reported in October that the UIC cop, Matthew Paulish, did not get punished by the state university despite showing up on the membership list of the Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

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