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Massachusetts judge faces federal charges for blocking immigration arrest
Reuters ^ | 25 April 2019 | Nate Raymond and Scott Malone

Posted on 04/26/2019 5:01:05 AM PDT by Magnatron

U.S. federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Massachusetts judge and court officer with conspiracy and obstruction, saying they blocked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer from arresting an illegal immigrant at a 2018 court proceeding.

The move marks the latest skirmish over immigration between President Donald Trump's administration and local governments who have resisted his crackdown. The state's Democratic attorney general called the charges "politically motivated."

The charges target Massachusetts District Court Judge Shelley Joseph, 51, and Massachusetts Trial Court Officer Wesley MacGregor, 56.

They focus on an April 2018 hearing in Newton District Court, outside Boston, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer intended to arrest an unidentified suspected illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic facing a drug charge.

They described a huddled conversation between the judge and the defendant's lawyer in which Joseph asks, "ICE is gonna get him?" and later says, "I'm not gonna allow them to come in here."

She then arranged for the suspect to be released through the court's rear door while the ICE agent waited in the courtroom's lobby for him to emerge.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
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Perhaps a few more of these will make the black robes think twice before blatantly violating our laws to poke our president...
1 posted on 04/26/2019 5:01:05 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

In before the “Nothing will come of this” loser posters.


2 posted on 04/26/2019 5:03:57 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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To: COBOL2Java

There’s another thread on this with lots of comments...


3 posted on 04/26/2019 5:08:09 AM PDT by Does so (Is Central America Emptying Its Jails?)
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To: Magnatron

Build more jails, the whole State of California is doomed.


4 posted on 04/26/2019 5:15:26 AM PDT by TonytheTiger7777
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To: Magnatron

Judges are not above the law no matter what their discretion makes them think.


5 posted on 04/26/2019 5:25:01 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Magnatron

Hopefully she has to pay for her legal defense. If found guilty and the Republicans win the house in 2020 and retain the senate, they should commence impeachment proceedings and get rid of her


6 posted on 04/26/2019 5:30:13 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Magnatron

Send him to Gitmo for a year.


7 posted on 04/26/2019 5:33:49 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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Send her to Gitmo for a year.


8 posted on 04/26/2019 5:34:24 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Magnatron

That was outrageous. I’m so glad she was charged. Now she gets to ponder if letting him go was worth the price.


9 posted on 04/26/2019 5:35:04 AM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: Magnatron

I agree but how long do you think it will take before some Federal judge overturns the arrest order to main “judicial integrity and independence which are essential to our democracy.” The black robed priests and priestess ability to either write or void law at their whim to rule over the unwashed masses must be protected at all costs.


10 posted on 04/26/2019 5:36:58 AM PDT by bonehead4freedom
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To: Magnatron

What a wonderful present to the people of The United States!

Thank-you Mr. President!


11 posted on 04/26/2019 5:49:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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"Now she gets to ponder if letting him go was worth the price."

Accountability. We can't really do without it.

12 posted on 04/26/2019 5:55:29 AM PDT by BeauBo
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“She then arranged for the suspect to be released through the court’s rear door while the ICE agent waited in the courtroom’s lobby for him to emerge.”

Just un freaken beleivable.


13 posted on 04/26/2019 5:58:01 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: BeauBo

Barr’s going to show the libs and MSM what ‘obstruction’ really looks like.


14 posted on 04/26/2019 5:59:02 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: BeauBo

Any detail on that pic my friend? Was she being remanded to federal custody hopefully?


15 posted on 04/26/2019 6:17:38 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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“I’m so glad she was charged.”

Probly only because the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney is a Trump appointee.


16 posted on 04/26/2019 6:20:36 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Any detail on that pic my friend?

It was from Fox: https://www.foxnews.com/us/state-judge-charged-with-helping-man-evade-immigration-agent.amp

The caption reads: District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph departs federal court, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Boston after facing obstruction of justice charges for allegedly helping a man in the country illegally evade immigration officials as he left her Newton, Mass., courthouse after a hearing in 2018.

Apparently, she faces up to 20 years in jail.


17 posted on 04/26/2019 6:36:45 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: COBOL2Java; Magnatron

>In before the “Nothing will come of this” loser posters.

I might have missed the part of the bar/legislature beginning revoking license/removal from bench

Still, FACES charges (up to 20yrs)...wake me when more than a wrist-slap ensues.


18 posted on 04/26/2019 6:37:15 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: V_TWIN

She is currently suspended without pay from her $189,000/year political appointment.


19 posted on 04/26/2019 6:38:52 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: COBOL2Java
[In before the “Nothing will come of this” loser posters.]

A persistent one road the lightning about 30 days ago.
20 posted on 04/26/2019 6:48:28 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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