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Ex-Chicago FBI chief says he was ousted over a failed protesters case, sues Justice Department

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Ex-Chicago FBI chief says he was ousted over a failed protesters case, sues Justice Department
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By CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN
CHICAGO (AP) — The former head of the FBI’s Chicago field office says he lost his job after being wrongly blamed for prosecutions that fell apart against six people who protested the federal immigration crackdown in the city, according to a lawsuit he filed Monday.
Douglas DePodesta, a 24-year veteran of the FBI, says in the suit against top Justice Department officials that federal prosecutors pushed “politically motivated prosecutions” against Chicago’s demonstrators b

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