A federal judge in Rhode Island criticized ICE for falsely claiming a colleague knowingly released a murder suspect from custody.

The agency's press release called the judge an activist who freed a violent criminal despite withheld warrant information.

A special counsel found a Justice Department lawyer committed a serious ethical violation but recommended against formal discipline.

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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.”