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Feds file new charges in botched Country Club Hills sting after initial case collapsed

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New charges have been filed over the June 9 attempted robbery of undercover federal officers in Country Club Hills, nearly two months after the case originally brought by prosecutors fell apart over video of a police shooting that seemed to contradict an FBI special agent’s sworn affidavit. It’s one of a series of cases that prompted judges to question the feds’ credibility in Chicago. U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, who handled the original case, at one point threatened to hold a hearing over whether to sanction the government over what had occurred. That hearing never went forward. Related Charges dropped in suburban ATF sting, further straining trust between Boutros’ office and judges Now, new attempted robbery charges have been leveled against Amir Fagan, Darrion Rayford and Dontrell Gordon. Fagan is the only one of the three who also faced charges in June. He and Rayford were then charged June 30 in a new indictment that was only unsealed Monday. The feds charged Gordo