Boutros Drops Broadview Four Charges After 8 Months, Apologizes Over Grand Jury Misconduct
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Updated · TPM · May 21
Boutros Drops Broadview Four Charges After 8 Months, Apologizes Over Grand Jury Misconduct
8 articles · Updated · TPM · May 21
All remaining charges against the Broadview Four were dropped after Judge April Perry reviewed grand jury transcripts Tuesday night and held an emergency closed-door hearing Thursday morning.
Andrew Boutros then appeared in court personally to apologize to the judge, saying he had no knowledge of the misconduct that had undermined the prosecution.
The case had already been cut back this month when prosecutors abandoned a felony conspiracy count rather than turn over grand jury testimony, leaving only a misdemeanor trial that had been set for next week.
The prosecution grew out of a brief confrontation around an ICE employee's vehicle during a protest at a Broadview-area detention facility, a case critics had long described as overcharged.
Why did prosecutors cite their own misconduct to drop a major protest case just days before trial?
With zero convictions from a massive federal operation, will agents accused of misconduct now face investigation?