“This is like using a nuclear device to kill a gnat,” said a former federal court judge.
Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, speaks during a news conference in Boston.
“This case is about the rule of law,” said Andrew E. Lelling, US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, who was appointed by President Trump in 2017. “The allegations in today’s indictment involve obstruction by a sitting judge, that is intentional interference with the enforcement of federal law, and that is a crime. We cannot pick and choose the federal laws we follow, or use our personal views to justify violating the law.
“I think this is pretty outrageous and, in its specifics, pretty unprecedented,” Little said. “It signals a huge ratcheting up of the current administration’s hostility to what we might call ‘sanctuary’ non-cooperation policies.” At around 12 p.m., a court clerk, at the direction of Joseph, told the ICE officer to wait outside the courtroom and that if the individual was released, they’d be let go like they usually were, out onto the first floor, according to the indictment.
“I would ask that he, I believe he has some property downstairs,” the defense attorney said. “I'd like to speak with him downstairs with the interpreter, if I may." Shortly after, a courtroom officer took the defense attorney and an interpreter to the downstairs facility and allegedly let the immigrant walk out the back door.
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