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Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa scolded interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba after the dropped charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa granted what he called the “embarrassing retraction” of the trespassing charge following a May 9 incident.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) knocked acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over her prosecution of his fellow Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), calling the charges against her “trash.” Habba charged
Democrats have denounced the charges as politically motivated and an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate member of Congress and chill oversight.
The complaint was presented to a U.S. magistrate judge shortly before New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, announced the charge.
Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution