Nothing to see here, just a congressional staffer trying ... to free a foreign criminal charged from federal custody?
Unreal.
Here's Bill Melugin for Fox News:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth's office misrepresented himself as the attorney of a detained illegal immigrant to facilitate their release.
According to a letter sent Wednesday to Duckworth, D-Ill., U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons said the staffer told federal agents he was the attorney of Jose Ismeal Ayuzo Sandoval — a 40-year-old illegal immigrant previously deported four times to Mexico and who had a DUI conviction.
The staffer said he was the attorney for a 40-year-old illegal alien who has crossed the border illegally at least 5 times!
What are we doing here???
More about Ayuzo from the Daily Wire's Jennie Taer:
And about the staffer:
'At approximately 1:29 p.m., an individual identified as Edward York, who according to publicly available information, is employed as a Constituent Outreach Coordinator for your Senate office, entered the field office lobby, and in a discussion with a federal officer, claimed to be Mr. Ayuzo's attorney. Mr. York demanded to speak with his ‘client,'' the letter states.
'This staff member allegedly did so to gain access to the detainee and seek his release from custody, and he accomplished it by falsifying an official Department of Homeland Security (DHS) form.'
You can't make this stuff up!
After attaining a release order, the staffer then tried to submit the form without Sandoval's signature, even after having completed the G-28 form in person, the letter said.
'Four days later, a Suarez Law Office in Collinsville, Illinois filed a G-28 electronically that did not have Mr. Ayuzo's signature, even though Mr. York, who claimed to work for the law firm, had already obtained a signed form,' the letter describes.
This is the best part of the story. York could have gone to the law office first and done it the right way, but instead waited till after he screwed up and, according to the DHS, got the law office to try to cover his tracks.
'It appears as if Mr. York may have collaborated with the firm to cover his misrepresentation.'
Now they're BOTH in trouble!
Are we gonna make some arrests, or just post strongly worded statements on social media?
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