Bianchi on the Attack in Rockford

This morning in Rockford’s Winnebago County Courthouse, lawyers showed up for both Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen and the Quest investigators. They were there to fend off contempt of court charges bought by McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Judge Joseph … Continue reading

Focusing on Lou Bianchi’s Motion to Hold Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen, et al, in Contempt of Court – Part 1

Monday was the first hearing on McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s motion to hold Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen and two of his investigators in contempt of court. I asked Bianchi attorney Terry Ekl what happened. “Basically, nothing,” he replied. … Continue reading

Lou Bianchi’s Case against Those Who Persecuted Him – Part 3

Here is the third installment of the posting of attorney Terry Ekl’s First Amended Complaint against Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan, his assistant Thomas McQueen, Quest Consultants International, et al.  Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Tonigan settled with Bianchi, … Continue reading

Lou Bianchi’s Case against Those Who Persecuted Him – Part 2

Please refer to Part 1 for the introduction to this series of posts that contain attorney Terry Ekl’s First Amended Complaint of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, et al, against Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan, Thomas McQueen, Quest International Consultants, … Continue reading

Special Prosecutor’s Court File Unsealed by Judge Gordon Graham

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi had some interesting news at Congressman Randy Hultgren’s fund raiser in McHenry Friday night. He told me that Circuit Court Judge Gordon Graham agree to open the court file in the Special Prosecutor’s criminal … Continue reading

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, et al, Sue Special Prosecutors Tonigan & McQueen, plus Quest Consultants, et al, Plus “Unknown Conspirators”

The suit that had been virtually promised by McHenry County State Lou Bianchi during the two trials brought by Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen has been filed in Federal Court. It outlines fifteen counts, which I’ll wade through … Continue reading

Will Nygren Pop for His Own Attorney in Zane Seipler’s Special Prosecutor Case?

You leave McHenry County for a day and a half and it takes an hour to get caught up on what happened politically. The Northwest Herald’s uber-Editor Chris Krug announces in his column that Lou Bianchi’s 2008 Republican primary opponent … Continue reading

Anatomy of the Special Prosecutor’s Lou Bianchi Case for June, 2011

There was more money billed the Special Prosecutors of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi in June than in May. Submitted to Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen was an invoice for $9,091.65. That includes hourly billing at $135 per hour, … Continue reading

Chicago Coverage of Lou Bianchi’s Vindication

The Chicago Tribune thought McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s trial was a big deal. There were three reporters, plus a photographer assigned to cover the charges–only one argued in Assistant Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen’s closing arguments–that Bianchi committed multiple … Continue reading

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi Acquitted on Charges of Official Misconduct

“Second verse, same as the first,” was the line running through my had as I drove home from the Courthouse. Judge Joseph McGraw had just acquitted McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi of the two remaining counts of official misconduct … Continue reading

The Bianchi Show Trial

Six reporters were in the McHenry County Courtroom of Winnebago County Judge Joseph McGraw today for round two of “Those who don’t want Lou Bianchi to be State’s Attorney” v. Lou Bianchi. I’ll get to the guts of the testimony … Continue reading

Mike McCleary Criminal Charges Dismissed

Charges against the second McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Investigator have been dismissed by Rockford Judge Joseph McGraw. His name is Mike McCleary. Arguments were made for dismissal by his Rockford attorney Christopher DeRango. You can read the judge’s questions on … Continue reading

Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan Tries to Get Out of His Job by Petitioning Rockford Judge

Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan tried to get McHenry County Circuit Judge Gordon Graham to pull the plug on his assignment to prosecute McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Judge Graham pointed out that the McHenry County Board had appealed his … Continue reading

Have Fleeing Special Prosecutors Caused a Speedy Trial Problem?

No lawyer I, but Illinois does have a requirement that defendants get a speedy trial. With first Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan trying to bail from the criminal prosecution of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi and now his assistant Thomas … Continue reading

Arguments Made for Dismissal of Charges Against State’s Attorney Investigator Mike McCleary

McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Investigator Michael McCleary was in Rockford Judge Joseph McGraw’s courtroom Friday afternoon listening to his attorney argue the Special Prosecutor’s indictment should be dismissed. His Rockford attorney, Christopher DeRango started by pointing out that the statutory … Continue reading

Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan’s Efforts Against McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office Continue to Disintegrate

Friday afternoon in a Rockford hearing, Winnebago County Judge Joesph McGraw dismissed the charges against Ron Salagdo, McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s Chief Investigator. This the third set of charge brought by Special Prosecutor Henry Tonigan that have been … Continue reading

McQueen Motion to Bounce Judge McGraw Called “Nonsensical and Unintelligible”

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s criminal defense counsel Terry Ekl has no respect for the two Special Prosecutors appointed by McHenry County Judge Gordon Graham. After a hearing Thursday morning during which Judge Graham said he had no authority … Continue reading

Bianchi Special Prosecutors Weave Impropriety Charge to Dump Judge Who Dissed Their Case

It’s hard to get dumped on more than Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen was by Winnebago County Judge Joseph McGraw. Three days before McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s lawyer Terry Ekl’s was scheduled to go before Judge … Continue reading

Tonigan Wants Out as Special Prosecutor

With a motion by Terry Ekl to dismiss him and his assistant Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen from his task of knocking McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi out of office pending, former Judge Henry Tonigan is pleading family obligations as … Continue reading

Judge Joseph McGraw’s Oral Ruling on Lou Bianchi & Joyce Synek Case

Below is what Judge Joseph McGraw ruled in the criminal trial of McHenry County State’s Attorney and his assistant Joyce Synek: STATE OF ILLINOIS) ) SS: COUNTY OF McHENRY) IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE PEOPLE OF … Continue reading