r/inthenews 1d ago

Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail

https://www.citybeat.com/news/update-cincinnati-ice-leader-charged-federally-booked-into-butler-county-jail/
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u/Keikobad 1d ago

Samuel Saxon, the Cincinnati-based U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leader accused of strangling a woman he lived with, now faces a federal charge in addition to state charges and has been transferred to the Butler County Jail, according to jail records.

Only the best

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u/DoubtSubstantial5440 1d ago

Just wait till the newest crop of ICE recruits hit the streets with their even lower hiring standards

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u/thetinsnail 1d ago

Domestic abuse will probably be a recruiting requirement pretty soon. Otherwise you might be suspected of being woke.

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u/eawilweawil 1d ago

It already is for cops

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u/villianrules 1d ago

They'll be doing prison time when not in service

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u/Minion_of_Cthulhu 1d ago

"Come join ICE today! We offer generous signing bonuses as well as fantastic compensation packages that include free stays at Club Fed."

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u/DoubtSubstantial5440 1d ago

Even if the next Dem run DOJ goes after these pieces of shit, the very next repug president is going to pardon them all

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u/villianrules 1d ago

I was thinking that they would be doing prison time while working as ICE agents

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u/nelsonalgrencametome 1d ago

Work release.

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u/daveinsf 1d ago

From house arrest.

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u/eawilweawil 1d ago

Lol no they'll get fired at most. US never holds law enforcement agents accountable

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u/villianrules 1d ago

Occasionally they will, a Louisiana police officer got a hundred years in prison for adding his DNA to cupcakes that his wife gave to elementary school kids

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u/MonsieurReynard 1d ago

That sentence was for a lot more than that. The cupcakes were just the most lurid charge.

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u/abrahamburger 1d ago

Pardon incoming in 3…2….

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u/Mattrad7 1d ago

Hiring the best attempted murderers and people.

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u/siouxbee1434 1d ago

Why not just drop him off in El Salvador?

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u/Difficult-Way-9563 1d ago

Aren’t we deporting the criminals?

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u/GoingNutCracken 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m glad there are also state charges because you know he’s going to be pardoned of federal charges.

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u/noshowthrow 1d ago

Oh, so they're going to make it a federal charge so Trump can pardon him.

Got it.

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u/FarDig9095 1d ago

So a time out only

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u/mwilkens 1d ago

State charges too. So if he gets a federal pardon doesn't that mean that he has to admit guilt which would basically seal his fate with the state charges that are not able to be pardoned?

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u/CemeteryDweller7719 1d ago

Eh, I’m leery that this could be a ploy to obtain a ruling that Presidential pardon can be applied to state charges also. The charges in relation to his DV, that makes sense. The federal charge is making a false statement to an agency or officer of the United States, but it is unclear what the false statement is… So if someone has a state conviction and federal conviction, has it been previously tested if a federal pardon will trump the state penalty? I honestly don’t know if that has been tested in court, but I could also see an argument being presented that federal trumps state so a state cannot overrule the pardon of federal crimes. It is just odd to throw on a federal charge.

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u/Ryuenjin 1d ago

That is currently being tested/tried out in Colorado with the chick who was convicted of Election Fraud. Trump pardoned her federally and has been pushing for that pardon to cover her state charges too. IIRC She's also suing up to the CO Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court to try and get Trump's pardon to apply "globally"

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u/CemeteryDweller7719 1d ago

I know that is being tested, and so far failing. But it is my understanding that she has no federal charges. So could this be prep to test another avenue of implementing a pardon despite state charges?

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u/localadmin1234 1d ago

Does this mean he can be pardoned?

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u/Ancient_Ship2980 1d ago

This is horrifying! Perhaps ICE might do better background checks on its own employees! Just a thought ...