'Broadview 6' fallout expands to Washington, as Raskin calls for probe of Chicago's top federal prosecutor

Source: Chicago Sun Times



Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, joins a list of elected officials who have slammed U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros over his handling of the now-tainted case. In a letter exclusively obtained by the Sun-Times, Raskin said investigations “are critical first steps to begin rebuilding the public confidence that Mr. Boutros has smashed up and destroyed.” By Jon Seidel and Tina Sfondeles Jun 17, 2026

The House Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat is calling for an immediate investigation of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros over revelations in the tainted “Broadview Six” case, accusing Chicago’s top federal prosecutor of “incalculable damage to public confidence in his office.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, demanded the probe in a letter sent Tuesday to the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility and Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

It details the alleged misconduct by a member of Boutros’ staff during grand jury proceedings that led to the indictment against six Operation Midway Blitz protesters. “By tampering with the grand jury, Mr. Boutros and his team corrupted and contaminated the deliberative process, hollowed out the protection that the Constitution guarantees and violated the would-be defendants’ right to due process,” Raskin, ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee, wrote in the letter exclusively obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Raskin cited potential violations of professional rules requiring “candor to the courts” and said “investigations into those violations are critical first steps to begin rebuilding the public confidence that Mr. Boutros has smashed up and destroyed.”

The letter amounts to the highest-profile call yet for accountability following the collapse of the “Broadview Six” case late last month. A chorus of local Democratic elected officials has called for Boutros’ resignation, including U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. But Raskin’s letter shows the scandal has now registered with high-ranking Democrats from outside Illinois.

Boutros responded Wednesday morning, calling Raskin’s letter “incomplete, ill-informed, and severely distorted.” Boutros said there is “no doubt” the agencies will look into the “Broadview Six” case, and he called it a process “we fully support.”

Link to letter
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-16-raskin-to-opr-doj-ardc-il-re-broadview-six.pdf


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