Juries
Obama is called for jury duty
Former President Barack Obama. Paolo Bona / Shutterstock.com
Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty, and he reportedly plans to show up.
Obama was called for jury duty in Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago, report the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Obama has a home in the city’s Kenwood neighborhood.
Chief Judge Timothy Evans told county commissioners on Friday that Obama plans to appear for jury duty next month. Evans did not give an exact date or specify the courthouse where Obama will appear.
Obama was also called to jury duty in January 2010, but he was unable to make it amid “a busy start to his second year as president,” the Sun-Times reports.
