A serious failure of justice: Special counsel finds sufficient evidence that DOJ lawyer lied to judge as court rips DHS
for knowingly false post
It's been months since the Department of Homeland Security issued a press release accusing a Rhode Island federal judge of knowingly ordering the release of an international homicide suspect in a habeas corpus case. The falsehood is still online in its original form to this day, "despite the government's knowledge that it is false," and the suspect remains at large, according to the court. And now, a DOJ lawyer has been called on the carpet for making the equivalent of an "affirmative false statement" to protect his client.
On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island provided Law&Crime with a statement and the outcome of an investigation into Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Bolan. Law&Crime previously reported that U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose, in late April, granted the release of Bryan Rafael Gomez. In response, DHS posted a press release calling the ruling "yet another example of an activist judge trying to thwart President Trump's mandate from the American people to remove criminal illegal aliens from our communities."
The problem then and the problem now is that the government claimed DuBose knew Gomez had a homicide warrant out for his arrest in the Dominican Republic, but that the Joe Biden-appointed judge ordered his release anyway to endanger the American public. Once the judge forced Bolan to testify in court, however, it became clear that DuBose had no such knowledge about the warrant.
Bolan said that he "sincerely" apologized for the "consequences" of his "lack of disclosure," claiming he was following ICE's guidance that he was not allowed to "disclose that information," not knowing that ICE "had previously disclosed that same information on April 16, 2026," and publicly, though not directly to DuBose. In case that representation wasn't clear enough, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's name appeared on a filing that clarified DuBose "did not have knowledge at the time of her ruling that Gomez was wanted by authorities in the Dominican Republic."
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