Chicago’s former FBI boss sued top Trump administration officials Monday alleging that he resigned under duress after Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros sought to blame him for the implosion of the politically charged “Broadview Six” case.
Douglas DePodesta’s lawsuit marks another extraordinary development in the tainted case against a group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters that has created a monthslong credibility crisis for Boutros.
In the lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois overseen by Boutros, DePodesta says President Donald Trump and other officials in Washington called for charges against those protesting the Midway Blitz deportation campaign last fall in
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