on March 11, 2017 in Gun Page World News
Jeff Sessions Asks Chicago’s Obama-Appointed Federal Prosecutor to Resign
by AWR Hawkins On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon and 45 other U.S. Attorneys appointed by Barack Obama to resign. Fardon became Chicago’s “top federal prosecutor on Oct. 23, 2013,” and has been heavily criticized for his lack of prosecution of federal gun law violations. Fardon played up “his office’s role in fighting gun violence on the streets of Chicago” but a Chicago Sun-Times report on “court records in October 2016 showed federal weapons charges in Chicago had actually fallen slightly over the previous five years.” The Sun-Times report squares with the experience of the Chicago Police Board. During a January 7 interview… View Article
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