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FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters at the federal building in Chicago. President-elect Donald Trump said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should ask for federal help if he isn't able to bring down a homicide count that soared last year. Current U.S. Attorney Fardon came under pressure when selected to be the top federal law enforcement official in Chicago three years ago to put violent crime at the top of the city's agenda. But from the start of his tenure, he tempered expectations about what a U.S. attorney's office could do. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
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U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon declared in his first interview after taking over his job that "we are not going to arrest our way out of the gang problem in Chicago ... I do not believe federal law enforcement is the panacea" to gun violence.
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters after the sentencing of Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner in Chicago. The U.S. attorney's office for northern Illinois is getting a makeover under its new chief, Zachary Fardon. Office spokesman Randall Samborn talked for the first time Monday, April 21, 2014, about the reorganization of one of the busiest districts in the country. It changes went into effect at the beginning of April. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)
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U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters after the sentencing of Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at the federal building in Chicago. Warner was sentenced to two years of probation, but no prison time, for tax evasion on $25 million in income he had in Swiss bank accounts. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles))
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U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters after the sentencing of Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at the federal building in Chicago. Warner was sentenced to two years of probation, but no prison time, for tax evasion on $25 million in income he had in Swiss bank accounts. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)
