U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois tells the court that, apart from local FBI investigators, it had no outside communications about Broadview Six charging decisions
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of IllinoisFederal prosecutors in the Broadview Six case, in a filing submitted in U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros's name and signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Hogan
In a court filing, Boutros's office tells Judge April Perry that the defendants' political views played no role in the charges and that there were no communications with anyone outside the office, other than local FBI investigators, about investigatory or charging decisions.
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On Oct. 7, 2025, Andrew Boutros discussed the Broadview Six investigation with Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald at a meeting in DePodesta's Chicago office.
“Considerations such as defendants' political affiliations, activities, views, or positions were not considered in any way as part of the investigation or charging decisions. Accordingly, there are no communications of any nature from, to, or with anyone outside the USAO (other than the local FBI investigators assigned to the case) regarding any investigatory or charging decisions.”
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Former Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta sues U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, alleging he was blamed for the Broadview Six collapse; judge orders Boutros to testify
Former FBI Chicago chief Douglas DePodesta alleges U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros falsely blamed him for the collapse of the Broadview Six prosecution, forcing him out. The same day, Judge April Perry ordered Boutros to testify about his statements to her court.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office filing that opposed the Broadview Six defendants' request for records of outside influence on the charges. It was filed in U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros's name and signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Hogan, with Matthew Skiba and Andres Almendarez listed.
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The filing responds to the Broadview Six defendants' motion to compel records of any outside political influence on their prosecution, accusations it calls reckless and completely false. It says the indictment was proposed, reviewed and approved without any influence or interference by anyone outside the office.
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The filing then says this specifically includes anyone in the White House and all components and offices of Main Justice. A footnote says the office first communicated with Main Justice about the defendants' identities only after a draft indictment was approved internally.
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The reference point is Andrew Boutros's conduct in the Broadview Six prosecution and its aftermath, including his office's accounts of it to the court and DePodesta's allegation that Boutros blamed him for the case's collapse. The filing says outright that no outside communications about investigatory or charging decisions occurred and that the defendants' politics played no role. It was filed seven months before DePodesta's lawsuit and does not address his allegations.
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Read the full caseJudge April Perry calls Boutros's statements to the court about the grand jury transcript hard to credit
“The idea that USA Boutros would have made such a significant decision without reviewing the best evidence available to him about what went wrong in the grand jury is nearly unfathomable.”Read statement
Nancy DePodesta says, in her view, Douglas DePodesta was forced out based on what appear to be utterly false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney
“It is both heartbreaking and shameful that he was forced out of his position based on what appear to be utterly false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois”Read statement
Douglas DePodesta, in his lawsuit, says Boutros began a campaign inside the Justice Department to blame him for the Broadview Six collapse
“To deflect attention from his own malfeasance, Boutros began a campaign within the Department of Justice to blame DePodesta for the unraveling of the case.”Read statement
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