Barack Obama reported for jury duty in Chicago, but was dismissed a short time later, officials said.
According to the Chicago Tribune, departed from his South Side home for his 10 a.m. arrival at the Daley Center. His motorcade parked in a secure garage underneath the Daley Center. Obama then took a private elevator used by judges to the 17th-floor jury assembly room, where a small crowd of news photographers, reporters, court staff and attorneys pressed up against the doors hoping to catch a glimpse of the former president.