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Home Front: Politix
Biden Fires Chicago U.S. Attorney Hot on the Trail of Democratic Corruption
2021-02-21
[PJ Media] You’ve probably never heard of Chicago’s U.S. attorney John Lausch. For the last two years, he has been going after some of the biggest, most powerful Democrats in the state of Illinois.

His office indicted a Chicago alderman who had been serving since 1969. Edward Burke had been in the crosshairs of prosecutors for four decades but it wasn’t until Lausch came into office that he was indicted.

Then there’s the case of the most powerful state politician in the United States, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. His aides and cronies have been indicted for various crimes of influence over the years and Lausch has now set his sights on Madigan himself.

In fact, it’s believed Lausch has targeted some other high-profile Democratic politicians in other investigations. It’s a target-rich environment and Democrats in Illinois have gotten extremely nervous about who Lausch will go after next.

Now it appears, that bringing down corrupt Democratic politicians will be the job of the next U.S. attorney. Along with 56 other U.S. attorneys named by former president Trump, Lausch will lose his job — fired by Joe Biden. "It’s tradition," said Biden supporters. This is true. But it’s also "tradition" to keep prosecutors in place who were pursuing high-profile cases. Lausch certainly qualified under that criteria.

Biden’s firing hasn’t gone down well in Illinois.
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Posted by:Gralet Jomort6809

#4  John Lausch has been doing a yeoman's job in his efforts that are almost 100% thwarted by various entities.

Of course now Madigan is 'retiring' for various reasons (mostly ignoring multiple sexual harassment charges, although that's the least of his offenses in my book) and possible ROI from Lausch's camp.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-02-21 11:20  

#3  And yet people will argue with you and claim that the DOJ and FBI are not corrupt!
Posted by: b   2021-02-21 09:05  

#2  Obama, shortly after taking office, canned the AG in New Mexico investigating play-for-pay of former governor Bill Richardson. Shrugs shoulders. It's a what a scorpion Donk is going to do, it's in their nature.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-02-21 06:43  

#1  Obviously Dems just covering their trail.

Other signs of the obvious:
Posted by: Antigen Giraud8035   2021-02-21 04:37  

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