Justice Department rushes to defense of Chicago US attorney after weeks of turmoil

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — After two weeks of turmoil at the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois, the acting attorney general has jumped in to publicly defend his leader on the ground in Chicago, Andrew Boutros. Boutros, an ambitious, boastful, longtime line prosecutor-turned-defense attorney in a city filled with storied