(The Center Square) – The former leader of the FBI’s Chicago field office has filed a lawsuit claiming he was forced to resign because “false and defamatory statements” by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros created political pressure.

Douglas DePodesta filed the suit Monday in the Northern District of Illinois and named Boutros in both his official and personal capacity, the FBI and FBI Director Kash Patel, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche as defendants.

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