Federal prosecutors responded dubiously this week to Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw’s attorneys’ request that any record of White House officials encouraging criminal charges for the “Broadview 6” be turned over. No record of White House influence of the Broadview ICE protest-related federal conspiracy charges brought last year against Straw and several other local progressive politicians exists, federal prosecutors argued in a Monday filing. In previous filings, defense attorneys had contended that […]
