CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated the lead prosecutor in a high-profile terrorism trial of three NATO protesters to fill one of two vacancies on the federal bench for northern Illinois.
Sen. Dick Durbin’s office announced Cook County prosecutor John Blakey’s nomination Tuesday. Cook County Judge Jorge Alonso was nominated for the other vacancy at the Chicago-based court.
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