Elliott Ness – I Mean – Patrick Fitzgerald Steps Down

By Annie Sweeney
Chicago Tribune reporter

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said it was not an easy decision to step down next month after nearly 11 years in the powerful office, but he said it’s healthy for a change at the top.

Fitzgerald reiterated that he has no career plans at this point — though he ruled out running for an elected office — and said he will take the summer to mull over his options.

“I thought this was the right time,” he told a news conference this morning, adding that having a “fresh view, a fresh set of eyes” are good for the office. “It’s important that there be change… Read More

I once did a portrait session with the man who I always refer to as Elliot Ness, who locked up a media baron, two Illinois Governors and almost took down Dick Cheney. In between frames we had a nice conversation, both of us new transplants to Chicago.

U.S. Attorney Peter J. Fitzgerald poses in the Dirksen Federal Office Building in Chicago, January 31, 2005.
U.S. Attorney Peter J. Fitzgerald poses in the Dirksen Federal Office Building in Chicago, January 31, 2005. JOHN GRESS/Freelance for The Washington Post
U.S. Attourney Peter J. Fitzgerald, workins in a conference room in the Dirksen Federal Office Building in Chicago, January 31, 2005.
U.S. Attourney Peter J. Fitzgerald, workins in a conference room in the Dirksen Federal Office Building in Chicago, January 31, 2005. JOHN GRESS/Freelance for The Washington Post
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald pauses during a news conference in Chicago, August 4, 2005. Fitzgerald announced a Chicago city official and two business executives have been indicted on charges they swapped contracts worth $8 million in work with the city for cash, free vacations and gifts valued at $1.3 million, prosecutors announced Thursday. John Gress
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald pauses during a news conference in Chicago, August 4, 2005. Fitzgerald announced a Chicago city official and two business executives have been indicted on charges they swapped contracts worth $8 million in work with the city for cash, free vacations and gifts valued at $1.3 million, prosecutors announced Thursday. REUTERS/John Gress
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