Judge Perry Orders 4 Prosecutors to Testify as DOJ Fails to Halt Broadview Six Probe
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 12
Judge Perry Orders 4 Prosecutors to Testify as DOJ Fails to Halt Broadview Six Probe
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 12
Summary
Nov. 17 hearing was canceled after Judge April Perry said the Justice Department’s request to clarify her authority was immaterial, leaving intact her order for four federal prosecutors to testify under oath Monday.
Perry is weighing sanctions or criminal contempt over whether prosecutors misled the court in the Broadview Six anti-ICE case, including possible misconduct in grand jury proceedings and redactions of transcripts.
DOJ argued the testimony demand put prosecutors in a Catch-22 by forcing them to risk self-incrimination or antagonize the court, but Perry said the government did not represent at least three of the four witnesses and two were willing to testify.
That fight widened after Perry rejected DOJ’s privilege log as noncompliant and questioned a transcript email sent to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, giving prosecutors until Thursday to address missing sender-recipient details and metadata.
The inquiry has continued even after DOJ dropped the case in May; it stems from a 2025 grand jury process that twice failed before indicting six protesters, with records later suggesting concealed evidence of possible misconduct.