A federal judge has ordered former Mayor Rahm Emanuel to testify next week in an upcoming trial about allegations that a “code of silence” among Chicago Police Department officers led to a botched August 2018 raid of a Back of the Yards apartment that violated the civil rights of a family with four children.
Emanuel, who served as Chicago mayor from 2011-19, is publicly weighing a run for president in 2028 after serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan. A spokesperson for the city’s Law Department, which represents the former mayor in this matter and vigorously opposed efforts to call him as a witness, declined to comment.
In a text message to WTTW News, Emanuel erroneously said the raid occurred after he left office. Emanuel, who said he was traveling, did not otherwise respond…