Remember, the talking point is that supporters of Open Borders don’t support illegal alien criminals, just the “good ones”. They apparently feel that the good ones are criminals (via Hot AirHot Air)
Newton judge, court officer charged with obstruction of justice
The indictment in the case states Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and Court Officer Wesley MacGregor are to be charged today in federal court.
Judge Joseph, the indictment alleges, allowed an illegal immigrant wanted by immigration officers to leave Newton District Court without being detained for possible deportation.
“I’m not gonna allow them to come in here,†the judge is alleged to have told the man’s defense attorney. She was basically keeping an ICE officer on the outside of the courtroom
The judge, federal prosecutors are alleging, allowed Jose Medina-Perez to walk after being arrested by Newton police on drug charges last April. He was also wanted for drunken driving out of Pennsylvania and ICE had a detainer on him.
As Hot Air’s John Sexton notes
That description is a bit more passive than what actually happened. WCVB 5 reports Judge Joseph didn’t just allow Medina-Perez to run off, she came up with a plan to facilitate his escape with his defense attorney
In the courtroom, Joseph ordered the courtroom recording device to be turned off in order to conceal the conversation about the plan, the indictment said.
According to the indictment filed by United States Attorney Andrew Lelling’s office, MacGregor agreed with the immigrant’s defense attorney to release the immigrant through a rear door in order to evade the federal officers. Joseph participated by creating a pretext for the immigrant to be brought downstairs for “further interview†so he could be released through that door, the indictment said.
Newton, Mass, is a sanctuary jurisdiction. Turning off the microphones is a big no no. So is helping a criminal illegal alien escape lawful detention for a federal agent. The illegal alien has already been deported twice, meaning unlawful re-entry is a felony under federal law. Red State rips into the story, and now
I suppose that all involved had a good joke at the expense of the ICE agent, ICE in general, and the Godless Trump who would dare to deport a poor, downtrodden illegal.
The US Attorney for Massachusetts, Andrew Lelling, seems to be a man without an great sense of humor. The case was referred to a grand jury and today both Joseph and MacGregor were indicted.
Court documents show Newton District Judge Shelley M. Joseph and court officer Wesley MacGregor face 4 federal charges: perjury; obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting; obstruction of a federal proceeding, aiding and abetting; and conspiracy to obstruct justice. pic.twitter.com/zhauVKhk3y
— WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) April 25, 2019
The perjury charge is only against MacGregor who told the grand jury that he didn’t know there was an ICE agent in the courthouse despite the tape of him being told that.
Too bad the charges do not include violations of 8 US Code 1324(a), conspiracy/aiding or abetting. It really is way past time to start nailing those who help illegal aliens.
