A Chicago federal prosecutor walked into a grand jury room last fall with apparent confidence, telling grand jurors she was sure they had enough to indict anti-ICE protesters accused of blocking a federal agent’s vehicle.
“I know you and I trust you and you know me and you trust me,” Assistant US Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg told the grand jury Oct. 9, according to transcripts unsealed Tuesday. “And I would never ask you to charge somebody if I didn’t think there was probable cause.”
District Judge April Perry would later describe those statements as vouching — improperly assuring grand jurors ...
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