CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield, Illinois, says it’s transferring ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock[1]’s corruption case to another prosecutors’ team outside central Illinois.
It revealed the step in a Thursday filing asking for a temporary stay of the pre-trial process. The Peoria Republican’s trial date is Jan. 28.
The filing comes shortly after a Chicago-based judge replaced Urbana-based Colin Bruce as trial judge. Bruce was removed from all criminal cases after exchanging emails with a U.S. attorney’s office worker about another case.
The filing doesn’t say which district will take Schock[2]’s case. Former federal prosecutor Jeff Cramer says it’d “seem to make sense” Chicago gets it since the new judge is there.
Schock[3] was indicted in 2016 on charges of misusing funds. He’s pleaded not guilty.Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC. ...