An attorney hired as a special prosecutor to investigate McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi was found not guilty of contempt of court charges Friday. But the judge issued a scathing ruling, saying Thomas McQueen abused his power but there was not enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that he individually and willfully withheld information that could be have been beneficial to Bianchi's defense. A bench trial was held in Rockford in December. Bianchi was acquitted twice in 2011 and has sued McQueen and others for $15 million in federal court.
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