A transcript of today's hearing in the "Broadway Six" case from Jon Seidel of the Chicago Sun-Times:

https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7674c31b8f5bb0ecae58921/25cr693-usa-v-rabbitt-052126.pdf

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Someone needs to refer the US attorneys in the "Broadway Six" case to the disciplinary folks. Maybe drop the transcript from today's court hearing on their desk

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The judge in the Broadway Six case says the DOJ is supposed to be for justice but it has broken that trust, according to reports.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7422wlmkminudypjv6cywlzl/post/3mmfkkzoeu22k

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Court transcripts are in from today's closed-door hearing in front of Judge April Perry on the Broadview Six case. Perry discusses the case's grand jury transcripts. She doesn't sound happy. "I have never seen the types of prosecutorial behavior before a grand jury that I saw in those transcripts." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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