Chicago is poised to have its first-ever female U.S. attorney as President Joe Biden announced the nomination of April Perry to the high-profile post while headed to the city for an unrelated event.
Perry, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago, was one of two finalists for the position announced in March by Democratic U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin after a screening process that began earlier this year.Perry would be the first woman to hold the position of Chicago’s top federal prosecutor, while the other finalist, Chicago attorney Sergio Acosta, would have been the first of Hispanic descent.
Durbin and Duckworth said in a written statement Wednesday that they were pleased with Perry’s selection and look forward to supporting her in the U.S. Senate, where the nomination will go first before the Judiciary Committee, where Durbin is the chair.If passed out of committee, the nomination would then go to the full Senate for a vote -- a process that can take weeks.
“She was highly regarded by our screening committee and brings strong qualifications and a wealth of experience from her time in the U.S. Attorney’s office and in the private sector to the position,” the senators’ statement read. Perry is currently the senior counsel for global investigations and fraud and abuse prevention at Chicago-based GE HealthCare. Previously, she worked for 12 years as a federal prosecutor in Chicago, and for a time was a coordinator for various programs that concentrated on violence against women, hate crimes and civil rights.
While with the U.S. attorney’s office, she prosecuted television pitchman Kevin Trudeau on allegations that he made deceptive TV commercials, a crime that led to
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