Judges are Starting to Crack Down on Trump's Courtroom Lackeys

U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros appeared in court after learning about events from three weeks earlier. He said he did not believe staff intentionally misled the judge, while also calling the actions of six protesters opposing Trump’s deportation campaign “unacceptable in a civilized society.” Judge April Perry criticized the prosecution for undercutting a mea culpa by continuing to vilify the defendants and warned sanctions could be considered. The prosecution ended days before trial after jaw-dropping revelations emerged. Perry said she was “incredibly shocked” by grand jury transcripts and had never seen similar prosecutorial behavior. She said problematic conduct had been redacted from transcripts provided to her, and emphasized that mistakes should be owned, admitted, apologized for, and not hidden.

"Perry told him, "you are significantly undercutting your mea culpa here by standing behind the charges and continuing to vilify these particular defendants." She said there might be talk of sanctions for prosecutors down the road. And that's how the prosecution of the "Broadview Six" came to an end - with jaw-dropping revelations, days before a trial, that could haunt Chicago's U.S. Attorney's office for years. The office's mantra is "Do the Right Thing," and it has long been considered one of the most well-regarded of its kind in the country."

"Perry served in the office and was even once tapped to lead it. But Thursday, she told attorneys she was "incredibly shocked" by what she saw in a set of grand jury transcripts. "I have never seen the types of prosecutorial behavior before a grand jury that I saw in those transcripts," Perry said. Worst of all, she said, the problematic behavior had been redacted out of transcripts given to her by the feds."

""Mistakes happen," Perry said. "They happen to all of us. But as I tell my children, you own it. You admit to it. You apologize for it, and you move on. What you do not do is hide it.""

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