'The most illegal search': Judges push back against D.C. criminal charges

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'The most illegal search': Judges push back against D.C. criminal charges
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/26/g-s1-85119/crime-washington-dc-judges-arrests


August 26, 20255:00 AM ET Carrie Johnson

Veteran defense lawyers and law enforcement experts have been warning about the potential for overreach since the federal government muscled its way into policing decisions in the nation's capital nearly three weeks ago.

Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, those tensions broke into open court.

A federal judge dismissed a weapons case against a man held in the D.C. jail for a week — concluding he was subject to an unlawful search.

"It is without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life," U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said from the bench. "I'm absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search."...................