Jon Seidel

Federal courts reporter/assistant editor
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Jon Seidel writes about federal courts and legal affairs for the Chicago Sun-Times. He has covered the trials of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, ex-Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke, R&B superstar R. Kelly, ex-Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, onetime Bolingbrook Police Sgt. Drew Peterson and convicted killer Christopher Vaughn. He also covered the prosecutions of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Heather Mack. He is the author of Second City Sinners.

Latest from Jon Seidel

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.
Prosecutors moved to dismiss a criminal complaint against the couple but have not ruled out new charges.
The feds leveled the charges as the Trump administration argues immigration agents are in danger and in need of protection.
Marimar Martínez y Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz son acusados de manejar sus vehículos en un convoy civil que seguía a agentes federales. Los vecinos de Brighton Park cuestionan el uso de gas lacrimógeno y otras tácticas de parte de los agentes federales.
A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.
Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian “convoy” that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other tactics of federal agents.
President Donald Trump’s move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
Mientras continúa la campaña de deportaciones de la administración de Trump, surgen nuevos detalles en los documentos judiciales sobre arrestos de inmigración ocurridos por separado en Millennium Park y el Hospital MacNeal en Berwyn.
Madigan led the Illinois House of Representatives for all but two years, between 1983 and 2021. He’s due to surrender Oct. 13 to begin serving a 7½-year prison sentence.
Rahshone Burnett, 47, of Westchester, was charged last month with stealing money from the federal pandemic unemployment program. In June, he was sentenced to prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program. In 2013, he went to prison for ripping off his late sister’s kids.