cutors who worked on the politically charged  Broadview Six  case would invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

He didn't rule it out.

Perry told the lawyers,  My sole focus, at this point, is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me.  The comment was likely designed to avoid separation-of-powers concerns from derailing her inquiry.

The  Broadview Six  case revolved around a protest outside an immigration holding facility in west suburban Broadview in September 2025. Prosecutors alleged that a crowd pushed and damaged a federal agent's SUV.

But from that crowd, only six people were charged with a conspiracy to impede the agent. Most of them were involved in local Democratic politics.

Charged were then-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, Oak Park village trustee Brian Straw, then-Cook County Board candidate Catherine  Cat  Sharp, 45th Ward Democratic committeeperson Michael Rabbitt, musician Joselyn Walsh and Abughazaleh campaign worker Andre Martin.

The case against them collapsed on May 21, after Perry alleged that Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg spoke to grand jurors outside the grand jury room and put her personal credibility on the line to support charges. The judge also indicated Mecklenburg had excused grand jurors who disagreed with the feds' case, a claim Mecklenburg denies.

Mecklenburg recently retired from the Justice Department in order to defend herself, insisting that she followed the instructions of Boutros' front office  at every turn. 

But Perry said she found  most problematic  the fact that the apparent misconduct was redacted out of transcripts initially given to her by Boutros' office. The redactions were made after Mecklenburg withdrew from the case.