Apparently I was obstructing
The county prosecutor called my boss and told him that he was considering filing charges for obstruction against me and a colleague.
ICE showed up at our courthouse Monday. They were looking for my client who was being sentenced on a DUI. They were kind of lurking in the hallway while he was signing papers for probation.
I walked into the probation office and informed my clients (there were several there in the lobby) that the two individuals in the hallway were federal agents and that they were under no obligation to speak to law enforcement (including ICE), show them ID, or answer questions. But that if law enforcement have a warrant or federal agents have an order to detain them that they should not run or resist because “you’ve seen on TV what these assholes are capable of.” I did this in full view of the ICE agents and loudly enough for them to hear me.
The prosecutor can eat a bag of dicks and my boss should join him for not telling the prosecutor to pound sand.