Finalists Picked for Chicago’s First Non-White Male US Attorney

March 20, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

Illinois’s senators have recommended to the White House two finalists for Chicago’s US attorney—either of whom would become the first non-White man to serve as chief prosecutor in the district.

April Perry, a senior counsel at GE Healthcare and former federal prosecutor, and Sergio Acosta, who used to lead the Chicago office’s general crimes section, will now undergo White House vetting to fill a crucial vacancy in the Northern District of Illinois, Sens. Dick Durbin (D) and Tammy Duckworth (D) announced Monday.

The search process, after a Trump-era holdover US attorney announced in January he was stepping down, is being ...

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