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Judge’s Release Sparks DHS Fallout | Providence News
A wanted homicide suspect from the Dominican Republic, Bryan Rafael Gomez, was arrested in Massachusetts after a judge’s controversial release decision sparked a federal scandal. Judge Melissa DuBose, unaware of the murder warrant, freed him in April — a move later revealed to be based on incomplete information from Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Bolan, who admitted he withheld key details. The fallout intensified when DHS publicly labeled her an “activist judge,” falsely implying she knowingly let a murderer walk. A special counsel’s report, released June 16, called the government’s handling…
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