He summoned a great deal of vigor to deny the explicit statutes the agent was accusing the judge of violating, didn't he? That didn't make sense to me. It's still possible the case will be dismissed, apparently, but personally, having read the agent's description of that day's events, I can't fathom why this judge wouldn't be prosecuted for the second charge brought. The judge tried to help the man give these agents the slip knowing damn well they had a warrant for his arrest, and
no, the type of arrest warrant is irrelevant to that charge.
Because
as I originally stated, I wouldn't care if she protested them arresting the man in her courtroom based on that argument. Apparently the law affords a reasonable right to the expectation of privacy in that setting, and courtrooms are private. But outside her courtroom itself, in the courthouse, that is a public space, and it's perfectly acceptable for the agents to arrest him there. She knowingly and deliberately tried to "prevent his discovery" from them in that setting.
Hmm....
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