An MS-13 gang member convicted in a savage execution-style murder is out of federal custody in California after a federal judge ordered his immediate release, igniting fury from the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta ordered the release of David Antonio Aviles Perez, 35, aka “the witch,” after finding that immigration officials held him for five months without giving him a bond hearing or determining whether he posed a danger to the public or a flight risk. [More]
From the “We hold these truths to be self evident” file: He checks both boxes off that last bit, and I note they’re both couched as “or,” not “and.” As for the first bit, we do want to make sure the government dots i’s and crosses t’s, but that said, the immigrant judge has made it clear which side her “discretion” lands her on.
Oh, look: Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski broke with the Rs and voted to confirm her.
