Judge blasts #Trump admin’s embarrassing retraction of charges’
The #DOJ charged #Newark #Mayor #RasBaraka w/ trespassing during a visit to an #ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.
A magistrate judge upbraided federal prosecutors Wed as he granted their request to dismiss trespassing charges against Mayor Baraka, calling the govt’s abrupt about-face “a worrisome misstep” in a case that has stoked a political firestorm.
#law #immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/21/mciver-baraka-newark-ice-court-charges/
