Federal judge chides ICE for ‘public attack’ on judge that put her in ‘personal danger’ | CNN Politics

The top federal judge in Rhode Island is slamming the Trump administration for unfairly issuing a “public attack” on one of his colleagues that “put her in personal danger and undermined public faith in the federal courts.” The statement Tuesday comes after a special counsel he appointed to investigate alleged misconduct by a Justice Department attorney concluded that the lawyer had made a serious ethical violation, but that he should not face formal disciplinary proceedings. Chief Judge John McConnell said that that a special counsel “found sufficient evidence to conclude” that Kevin Bolan, a top lawyer in the Rhode Island US attorney’s office, hadn’t followed his obligation to be honest and transparent in court when he deliberately withheld information about a years-old homicide arrest warrant for a migrant. District Judge Melissa DuBose later ordered officials to release the migrant from ICE custody. Following the release, ICE published a press release about the case that described DuBose as an “activist Biden judge” who knowingly let free “a violent criminal illegal alien who is wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic.” “An agency you were represen

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