Trump Administration Indicts Massachusetts Judge, Court Office on Helping Immigrant Avoid ICE
Perplexing news from Massachusetts. Scott J. Croteau for Mass Live reports that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued a sharply worded statement in response to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling’s decision to federally charge a Massachusetts judge and a court officer on accusations they helped a man evade ICE detention.
“Today’s indictment is a radical and politically-motivated attack on our state and the independence of our courts,” Healey wrote. “It is a bedrock principle of our constitutional system that federal prosecutors should not recklessly interfere with the operation of state courts and their administration of justice.”
Healey went on the further say the matter could have been handled by the Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Trial Court.
“I am deeply disappointed by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling’s misuse of prosecutorial resources and the chilling effect his actions will have,” Healey said.
“Today’s indictment is a radical and politically-motivated attack on our state and the independence of our courts,” Healey wrote. “It is a bedrock principle of our constitutional system that federal prosecutors should not recklessly interfere with the operation of state courts and their administration of justice.”
KJ
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