A statue of the Scales of Justice casts a shadow on a U.S. courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. On Tuesday, a federal judge scolded ICE officials for an "unfounded public attack" on another judge. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
June 16 (UPI) -- Rhode Island's top federal judge rebuked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Tuesday, blaming the agency for "an unfounded public attack" on another judge that "put her in personal danger" and undermined faith in federal courts.
The situation started when Kevin Bolan, a lawyer in the Rhode Island U.S. attorney's office, withheld information about a migrant in a court brief, CNN reported.
Bolan represented federal governmental agency heads, including the director of ICE, in a case in which the migrant, Bryan Rafael Gomez, sought release from ICE custody. The lawyer did not mention in a brief he filed that Gomez was wanted in connection with a homicide in the Dominican Republic.
In late April, District Judge Melissa DuBose ruled in favor of Gomez's release pending a bond hearing. ICE officials then issued a press release suggesting that she knew about the arrest warrant and was "an activist Biden judge" who purposefully set free "a violent criminal illegal alien."
