Chief federal judge in Rhode Island rebukes DOJ attorney after ICE press release attacked judge who released migrant with homicide warrant.
Chief Judge John McConnell found that DOJ attorney Kevin Bolan committed a serious ethical violation by withholding information about a homicide arrest warrant for a migrant from Judge Melissa DuBose, who then ordered the man released. ICE subsequently published a press release calling DuBose an "activist Biden judge" who freed a "violent criminal," prompting McConnell to accuse the agency of a false public attack that endangered the judge.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 8% of divergence this week. 2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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The split, in one line
CNN frames the story as a judge slamming the Trump administration for endangering a colleague, while the Washington Times leads with the court's suggestion that ICE manipulated the case to set up the judge, and gives prominent space to DHS's counter-argument that the judge's reckless disregard for the law caused the problem.
How each outlet covered it
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Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Federal judge chides ICE for 'public attack' on judge that put her in 'personal danger'”
“'Set up': Federal court suggests DHS orchestrated release of homicide suspect to embarrass judge”
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