
Spotlight Politics: Top Federal Prosecutor Hospitalized
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John Lausch was hospitalized Saturday after suffering from stroke-like symptoms.
U.S. Attorney John Lausch was hospitalized Saturday after suffering from stroke-like symptoms, according to the spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois. Lausch, 51, returned to work on Monday, his spokesperson said. Our politics team of Heather Cherone and Paris Schutz discusses this story and more.
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Spotlight Politics: Top Federal Prosecutor Hospitalized
Clip: 5/12/2021 | 13m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
U.S. Attorney John Lausch was hospitalized Saturday after suffering from stroke-like symptoms, according to the spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois. Lausch, 51, returned to work on Monday, his spokesperson said. Our politics team of Heather Cherone and Paris Schutz discusses this story and more.
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