Boston DA Who Threatened ICE Officer With Contempt Gets FAFO’d

A Boston District Attorney and a Boston judge are getting a well-deserved lesson in constitutional law and the Supremacy Clause, and it's coming from U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley. It seems an Immigration & Customs Enforcement officer, Brian Sullivan, arrested an illegal alien in a Boston courtroom, pursuant to a valid federal warrant. Now the DA is threatening Sullivan for taking the illegal alien out of the courtroom, and the judge in the case has already found Officer Sullivan in contempt for arresting the illegal alien during the trial - and both of them may well now be in the second half of the famous "Fool Around, Find Out" cycle.

https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1907833186660528521

Officer Sullivan, we note, was doing his duty. He had a valid federal warrant for the arrest. Boston, as a "sanctuary" city, would very likely have released this criminal to the streets, a criminal with serious drug trafficking charges. And, if Boston was a responsible jurisdiction that cooperated with federal authorities enforcing immigration law, the high-profile courtroom arrest would not have been necessary; ICE could have rolled up to the back foor of the jail and picked the perp up.
She also sent a letter to Judge Mark Summerville, who held the ICE officer in contempt for arresting the alien during his trial.
"It is well settled that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution immunizes federal officers from state prosecution, including contempt proceedings for actions taken in the course of their official duties. Please be advised that this court lacks any authority whatsoever to proceed in this matter with respect to ICE officer Brian Sullivan." - U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley
The Supremacy Clause, Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, reads:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
This would include legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the president - like, say, immigration laws. It is against federal law to interfere with a federal officer in the discharge of his lawful duties, and that is precisely what DA Kayden and Judge Summerville are doing.
In this matter, both the district attorney and the judge, people who presumably should have known better, are finding themselves way out of their league. She is already experienced in matters like this, having previously served as lead attorney for Boston's Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force. A Trump appointee, she is already showing that she won't be trifled with, that she knows the law and the Constitution, and that she won't brook any nonsense from a DA or a judge with an agenda.
And that agenda is baffling. These "sanctuary city" politicians, DAs, and judges are working to keep criminals in their cities. That's acting directly against the best interest of the people of the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston, but we can hope that the voters of Massachusetts in general and Boston in particular are self-aware enough to notice safer streets with these people gone and to vote accordingly.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/04/03/boston-da-threatens-ice-officer-with-contempt-charge-gets-slam-dunked-by-us-attorney-for-massachusetts-n2187463

A Massive Scandal Is Brewing in Los Angeles After DA George Gascon's Number 3 Is Charged With 11 Felonies.

LA County Assistant DA Diana Teran, who oversaw George Gascon's efforts to prosecute law enforcement officers instead of criminals and to release thousands of felons from prison early, was arrested Saturday on 11 felony charges related to the "unauthorized use of data from confidential, statutorily-protected peace officer files." Like many alleged felons in Los Angeles County, Teran was out on bail less than an hour after her arrest.
Unlike many alleged felons in Los Angeles County, the Diana Teran scandal has the potential to topple the county's power structure, or to put a severe dent in it.
That potential exists because of the sheer volume of personnel and criminal cases Teran was involved with that might now be challenged in court, and because her actions at issue in the criminal case allegedly involve coordination with high-ranking county officials, such as Inspector General Max Huntsman, District Attorney George Gascon, and current and former members of the county Board of Supervisors.
According to a press release from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Teran "accessed computer data including numerous confidential peace officer files in 2018, while working as a Constitutional Policing Advisor at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and, after joining the LADA in January 2021, impermissibly used that data at the LADA."
That sounds rather vanilla, but additional details on what Teran is alleged to have done demonstrate that there's nothing vanilla about it at all. It's more convoluted than any script Hollywood could come up with. At this time it's not clear specifically which peace officer files Teran has been charged with using improperly since the detailed criminal complaint was filed under seal, but the following information on her activities relating to personnel files has been provided to RedState by numerous sources in law enforcement, county government, and in Gascon's office:

Too much to post here, read the rest at:
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/04/29/how-arrest-of-gascons-top-assistant-blow-lid-off-rampant-corruption-la-county-n2173393

 ‘Certainly Looks Bad’: Bank Statements Make It Increasingly Likely Fani Willis Allegations Are True, Legal Experts Say.
OR
Fani Spanked By Bank Records.

Bank statements showing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ alleged lover Nathan Wade, who she appointed as special prosecutor in the case against former President Donald Trump, purchased airline tickets in her name make it increasingly likely allegations about their relationship and potential kickbacks are true, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday.
Wade purchased airline tickets to Miami and San Francisco in Willis’ name, bank statements contained in a Friday court filing by his wife, Joycelyn Wade, revealed. A motion filed by Trump co-defendant Michael Roman to disqualify Willis and dismiss the case previously alleged she benefited from approving Wade’s “lucrative” contract when he took her on vacations, which legal experts said makes it more likely the allegations contained within are accurate.
Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Philip Holloway told the DCNF that the bank statements show “that the money that was paid to him benefited her in the form of lifestyle purchases.”
“I think it supports the allegations made by Roman,” he said. “It connects the dots and follows the money from the coffers of the Fulton DA’s office back to Willis in the form of costs of personal travel.”
The bank statements contained in Friday’s court filing also feature payments for Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines, which Roman’s motion alleged the two traveled on together. Wade made two $1,387 and $1,284 payments for the Royal Caribbean cruise on Oct. 4, 2022, the same day he purchased the pair of airline tickets to Miami, including one in Willis’ name, according to the statements.
“I think that [the bank statements], along with Fulton county’s delayed response, makes it much more likely that the factual allegations are true,” Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney Andrew Fleischman told the DCNF.
“It certainly looks bad,” John Malcolm, vice president for the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government and former deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Criminal Division, told the DCNF. “I would want to see how the two of them respond before saying definitively that this is all disqualifying. But, if these were County funds that were paid to him (and which were authorized by her) for case-related work, and it turns out that the funds were used to pay for romantic getaways by the two of them, that would certainly be disqualifying.”

Read the rest at:
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/19/certainly-looks-bad-bank-statements-make-it-increasingly-likely-fani-willis-allegations-are-true-legal-experts-say/

Georgia Court Filing Alleges DA Fani Willis Appointed and Paid Her Lover, Nathan Wade, $654,000 to Prosecute Donald Trump

Well, well, well… isn’t this interesting.  In a court filing today (1.8.2024), one of the co-defendants in the Fulton County election case against President Trump is presenting very specific details of an intimate relationship between District Attorney Fani Willis and the Special Prosecutor she hired, Nathan Wade.
At first review, if the allegations are true, DA Willis had a financial motivation to initiate the case against Trump, as her boyfriend was the primary financial beneficiary.  The filing documents how Fani Willis and Nathan Wade took several extravagant vacations and indulged in an exclusive lifestyle as the result of payments Willis’s office made to Wade.
If investigated as accurate, this could be very legally problematic for the Fulton County District Attorney and her case against President Trump.  The conflict of interest is very bright under this spotlight.
ATLANTA – District Attorney Fani Willis improperly hired an alleged romantic partner to prosecute Donald Trump and financially benefited from their relationship, according to a court motion filed Monday which argued the criminal charges in the case were unconstitutional.
The bombshell public filing alleged that special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, paid for lavish vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County funds his law firm received. County records show that Wade, who has played a prominent role in the election interference case, has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022. The DA authorizes his compensation.
The motion, filed on behalf of defendant Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official, seeks to have the charges against Roman dismissed and for Willis, Wade and the entire DA’s office to be disqualified from further prosecution of the case.
Pallavi Bailey, a Willis spokeswoman, said the DA’s office will respond to Roman’s allegations “through appropriate court filings.” Wade did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It is unclear if the explosive issues raised in the filing undermine the validity of the indictment against Trump and the remaining 14 co-defendants or simply muddy the waters by questioning Willis’ professional ethics.
One ethics expert said that the the allegations, if true, raised serious questions.
Stephen Gillers, a professor emeritus at New York University Law School who has written extensively about legal and judicial ethics, said a closer look at Willis’ decision-making is be needed before it can be determined whether the indictment should be dismissed.
If the allegations are true, Gillers said, “Willis was conflicted in the investigation and prosecution of this case” and wasn’t able to bring the sort of “independent professional judgment” her position requires.”

Read more at the link:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/08/georgia-court-filing-alleges-da-fani-willis-appointed-and-paid-her-lover-nathan-wade-654000-to-prosecute-donald-trump/