O’HARE — Days after a Skokie woman said she was detained by federal agents and local authorities at facilities across Illinois and Wisconsin, her claims are coming under heavy scrutiny — and the woman and her supporters have gone silent. Even the family’s attorney says he is no longer commenting on the case.
In recent days, federal and local law enforcement have strongly refuted allegations by Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, 28, that she was held in federal custody for multiple days after returning on a flight from Istanbul to O’Hare Airport last week. The German company she claimed to be traveling on behalf of denied she ever worked there.
Meanwhile, a host of officials and political candidates who appeared at a press conference Sunday to blast the feds about the supposed detention of a U.S. citizen have also stopped commenting about her situation, which was widely shared this week…