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Thu May 22, 2025, 11:38 AM May 2025

Federal Judge Tells Alina Habba to 'Operate With a Higher Standard'

https://www.newsweek.com/federal-judge-tells-alina-habba-operate-higher-standard-2075403

U.S. Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa told interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba that her office must "operate with a higher standard," as he criticized the "hasty arrest" and quick dismissal of a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

Espinosa on Wednesday granted what he called an "embarrassing retraction" of the misdemeanor charge, stemming from a May 9 scuffle at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark involving Baraka and three members of Congress.

"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas," Espinosa told Habba. "Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all.

"Your office must operate with a higher standard than that."
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Federal Judge Tells Alina Habba to 'Operate With a Higher Standard' (Original Post) underpants May 2025 OP
Ha! Disbar her like Rudy. no_hypocrisy May 2025 #1
"Stop acting like a magat republicon, and instead act like a decent human being." - SuperiorJujje BoRaGard BoRaGard May 2025 #2

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2. "Stop acting like a magat republicon, and instead act like a decent human being." - SuperiorJujje BoRaGard
Thu May 22, 2025, 11:41 AM
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