Banging on a Gate: Pam Bondi Found a Cyber Investigator Who Doesn't Check Phone Logs! - emptywheel

Banging on a Gate: Pam Bondi Found a Cyber Investigator Who Doesn't Check Phone Logs! - emptywheel

Less than three weeks ago, Pam Bondi’s DOJ got admonished by a Magistrate Judge for charging first, investigating latter. When dismissing Ras Baraka’s charges on May 21, Magistrate Judge André Espinosa scolded the AUSA present — and by proxy, DOJ — for arresting Newark’s Mayor before doing basic investigation. The hasty arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, followed swiftly by the dismissal of these trespassing charges a mere 13 days later, suggest…