Peter1469
10-03-2014, 08:10 PM
FBI stings a judge (http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fbi_created_phony_defendant_to_trap_judge_second_j udge_now_being_investigat/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email)
Presumably, the FBI had reason to believe this judge was corrupt. So they set up a sting operation.
To uncover potential judicial corruption, the FBI created a fake persona for an undercover agent; staged his arrest on gun charges; and then arranged for a judge’s campaign donor ask the judge for assistance. That municipal court judge then asked another judge to “help” the defendant, saying it was his “friend.”
Presumably, the FBI had reason to believe this judge was corrupt. So they set up a sting operation.
To uncover potential judicial corruption, the FBI created a fake persona for an undercover agent; staged his arrest on gun charges; and then arranged for a judge’s campaign donor ask the judge for assistance. That municipal court judge then asked another judge to “help” the defendant, saying it was his “friend.”