2026-06-16T17:02:38.581Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：德文·科尔
3小时前
发布于 2026年6月16日 美国东部时间下午1:02
梅利莎·R·杜博斯法官
美国地区法院
内容摘要
- 罗德岛州一名联邦法官批评移民海关执法局（ICE） falsely声称一名同事明知故犯将一名谋杀嫌疑人释放出监管。
- 该机构的新闻稿将这位法官称为激进法官，称其在隐瞒逮捕令信息的情况下释放了一名暴力罪犯。
- 一名特别检察官认定美国司法部一名律师存在严重职业道德违规，但建议不对其进行正式处分。
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罗德岛州联邦首席法官强烈抨击特朗普政府对其一名同事进行“公开攻击”，称此举“使该同事面临人身危险，并损害了公众对联邦法院的信任”。
周二发表的这份声明之前，他任命的调查一名司法部律师涉嫌不当行为的特别检察官得出结论，该律师存在严重职业道德违规，但不应面临正式纪律处分。
首席法官约翰·麦康奈尔表示，一名特别检察官“有充分证据认定”罗德岛州美国检察官办公室高级律师凯文·博兰在法庭上故意隐瞒一名移民的多年前凶杀案逮捕令信息，未履行诚实和透明的义务。地区法官梅利莎·杜博斯随后下令移民海关执法局释放该移民。
释放事件发生后，移民海关执法局发布了一份关于此案的新闻稿，将杜博斯描述为一名“激进的拜登法官”，明知故犯地放走了“一名在多米尼加共和国被通缉的暴力犯罪非法外籍人士”。
“你所代表的机构——移民海关执法局，利用这一裁决对杜博斯法官进行了毫无根据的公开攻击。”曾由前总统巴拉克·奥巴马任命的麦康奈尔在给博兰的信中写道，“移民海关执法局虚假暗示，与真实记录相悖，称杜博斯法官释放请愿人时，明知其因多米尼加共和国的一起凶杀案被通缉。”
“移民海关执法局的这一虚假公开声明使她面临人身危险，并损害了公众对联邦法院的信任。”麦康奈尔写道，“虽然你并未参与移民海关执法局的新闻稿发布，但你在事件链中所扮演的角色是导致严重司法失误的关键环节。”
他表示，在没有关于凶杀案逮捕令的信息的情况下，杜博斯下令该移民保释出狱的决定“合理”，但同时指出，这名名为布莱恩·拉斐尔·戈麦斯的男子至今仍未被当局找到以便重新拘留，这凸显了事态的严重性。
“不幸的是，随后产生的后果对本法院和联邦司法体系而言都是严重的。”麦康奈尔写道。
罗德岛州的这一事件是过去16个月来司法部律师一系列职业失误中的一起，这些失误令联邦法官感到沮丧，他们正在审查数千起案件，这些案件源于唐纳德·特朗普总统的激进移民驱逐政策以及其他在法庭上受到挑战的有争议举措。
本月早些时候，罗德岛州的另一名法官将多名政府律师提交纪律处分程序，原因是他们在一起涉及政府对未成年人提供变性医疗服务的调查案件中的行为引发了质疑，即他们是否在法庭上行为不当。
在戈麦斯一案中，麦康奈尔表示，博兰已就其行为向杜博斯道歉，并且在其他 handled 的案件中“负责任地履行了职责”。
“你的判断失误反映出你未能将对法院的职责置于委托人的指示之上，但你并非出于任何欺骗或非法目的行事。”麦康奈尔写道。
但他随后补充道：“任何未来的不当行为认定都将受到严厉制裁。”
博兰曾表示，他隐瞒这一多年前逮捕令的信息是响应了移民海关执法局给他的指导意见。博兰称，他不知道该信息已由该机构公开披露，反而依赖了移民海关执法局的说法，即他“出于合法的执法原因无法披露”，因此无权向法院分享该信息。
美国有线电视新闻网已联系司法部，就特别检察官的调查结果置评。
尽管杜博斯恳求政府撤下该新闻稿，但移民海关执法局关于这位法官的新闻稿仍留在其网站上。
Federal judge chides ICE for ‘public attack’ on judge that put her in ‘personal danger’
2026-06-16T17:02:38.581Z / CNN
By Devan Cole
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2026, 1:02 PM ET
Judge Melissa R. DuBose.
US District Court
Summary
- A federal judge in Rhode Island criticized ICE for falsely claiming a colleague knowingly released a murder suspect from custody.
- The agency’s press release called the judge an activist who freed a violent criminal despite withheld warrant information.
- A special counsel found a Justice Department lawyer committed a serious ethical violation but recommended against formal discipline.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
The top federal judge in Rhode Island is slamming the Trump administration for unfairly issuing a “public attack” on one of his colleagues that “put her in personal danger and undermined public faith in the federal courts.”
The statement Tuesday comes after a special counsel he appointed to investigate alleged misconduct by a Justice Department attorney concluded that the lawyer had made a serious ethical violation, but that he should not face formal disciplinary proceedings.
Chief Judge John McConnell said that that a special counsel “found sufficient evidence to conclude” that Kevin Bolan, a top lawyer in the Rhode Island US attorney’s office, hadn’t followed his obligation to be honest and transparent in court when he deliberately withheld information about a years-old homicide arrest warrant for a migrant. District Judge Melissa DuBose later ordered officials to release the migrant from ICE custody.
Following the release, ICE published a press release about the case that described DuBose as an “activist Biden judge” who knowingly let free “a violent criminal illegal alien who is wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic.”
“An agency you were representing, ICE, used this ruling to make an unfounded public attack on Judge DuBose. ICE falsely suggested, contrary to the true record, that when Judge DuBose released the petitioner, she knew he was sought in connection with a homicide in the Dominican Republic,” McConnell, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote in a letter to Bolan.
“This false public statement by ICE put her in personal danger and undermined public faith in the federal courts,” McConnell wrote. “While you had no involvement in the ICE news release, the role you played in the chain of events was a critical link in a sequence that led to a serious failure of justice.”
He said that without information about the homicide warrant, DuBose’s decision to order the immigrant to be released on bond was “appropriate,” but noted that the fact that the man, Bryan Rafael Gomez, has yet to be located by authorities so he can be re-detained underscored the ugliness of the situation.
“Unfortunately, the consequences that followed were grave for this court and for the federal justice system,” McConnell wrote.
The situation in Rhode Island is among a series of professional mishaps by Justice Department lawyers over the past 16 months that have frustrated federal judges sifting through thousands of cases stemming from President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation push and other controversial moves that have been challenged in court.
Earlier this month, a different judge in the Ocean State referred several other government attorneys for disciplinary proceedings after their conduct in a case over the administration’s probe into the provision of gender-affirming care for minors raised questions about whether they were acting improperly in court.
In the Gomez case, Bolan apologized to DuBose for his actions and has otherwise “participated responsibly” in cases he’s handled, the chief judge said.
“Your lapse of judgment reflected a failure to prioritize your duty to the court over the instructions of your client, but you did not act for any deceitful or illicit reason,” McConnell wrote.
But, he added later, “Any future finding of misconduct will be severely sanctioned.”
Bolan’s decision to withhold the information about the years-old arrest warrant was in response to guidance given to him by ICE, he has said. Bolan said he wasn’t aware the information had already been publicly disclosed by the agency and that he instead relied on ICE’s representation that he wasn’t authorized to share it with the court because “a legitimate law enforcement reason prevented disclosure.”
CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment on the special counsel’s findings.
The press release from ICE about the judge has remained on its website despite DuBose’s plea for the administration to take it down.
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