Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 9:09:10 GMT -6
In 2012, a federal judge accused an up-and-coming assistant U.S. attorney in New Mexico of trying to “unfairly alter” a transcript of a recorded encounter between drug agents and an Amtrak train passenger suspected of carrying a stash of crack cocaine.
Weeks later, in an unusual action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked the judge to withdraw her negative written comments about prosecutor Raúl Torrez, contending her findings could lead to an internal U.S. Justice Department inquiry and possible disciplinary action.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office denied that Torrez acted in bad faith but acknowledged in a court filing that there were “imperfections” in how the evidence was prepared and presented for a pretrial hearing on whether the search of train passenger Billie Tiea Vaughn was illegal.
Torrez, who left the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2013, is a candidate in the June 7 primary election for the Democratic nomination for state district attorney for Bernalillo County.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/770736/candidate-for-district-attorney-drew-ire-of-judge.html
Weeks later, in an unusual action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked the judge to withdraw her negative written comments about prosecutor Raúl Torrez, contending her findings could lead to an internal U.S. Justice Department inquiry and possible disciplinary action.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office denied that Torrez acted in bad faith but acknowledged in a court filing that there were “imperfections” in how the evidence was prepared and presented for a pretrial hearing on whether the search of train passenger Billie Tiea Vaughn was illegal.
Torrez, who left the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2013, is a candidate in the June 7 primary election for the Democratic nomination for state district attorney for Bernalillo County.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/770736/candidate-for-district-attorney-drew-ire-of-judge.html