'I must be missing something, how does a Prosecuter in Chicago get these cases from the East Coast?'
Ernest,, Fitzgerald is Prosecutor for the US Attorney General's office. He is one of their best and apparently has pounded the Ivy League Criminal lawyers in past in current cases. The comment below is from the Post article about him.
"If you're a prosecutor, you'd be insane if you didn't want to go do that," Fitzgerald says in the well-appointed conference room of the U.S. attorney's office here. "If there was a courtroom and they said someone has to stand up and try him, would I hesitate to volunteer? No. I'm not saying I'd be the best person to try him at that point, but I'd be lying if I told you I wouldn't be interested."
Definitely a good man.
Pinged you to some major happenings in So Cal.
...And, he is James Comey’s best pal....