Nearly a year after April Perry was nominated to be Chicago’s first female U.S. attorney, President Biden has changed tack in the face of blanket opposition from a single Republican senator and is naming Perry instead to be a federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois. The announcement Wednesday ends Perry’s bid to take over the top federal law enforcement job in Chicago, which has been officially vacant since U.S. Attorney John Lausch stepped down in March 2023. Perry is being nominated to fill a seat being vacated by U.S. District Judge Nancy Maldonaldo, who has been nominated to […]
April Perry nominated for federal judge, nixing bid to be Chicago’s first female U.S. attorney
