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If the request is granted, it would be yet another extraordinary move in a case that has been full of remarkable twists, especially in the lead-up to its implosion just before it was set to go to trial last month, and the last few weeks of aftermath. #protest #broadbview #capitolnewsillinois

Mikulski was initially arrested on February 19, 2026, at which time he faced six felony counts tied to similar allegations. #charges #dupagecounty

He is accused of taking kickbacks from contracts awarded to companies owned by the three men while he was superintendent of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65. #indictment

The indictment alleges that the defendants defrauded lenders and the U.S. Small Business Administration of millions of dollars in PPP loans and EIDL funds. #fraud