Sunday, May 13, 2012

Jews want revenge against federal judge nominee because she successfully prosecuted a Jewish criminal

Orthodox Jews Angered by Obama Nominee
breitbart.com

A former U.S. Attorney appointed by President Obama who previously came under scrutiny by the Jewish Orthodox community may soon be confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a federal judgeship, after she received a majority vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Stephanie Rose, 39, was recently nominated for a lifetime appointment by President Obama in the Southern District of Iowa.

Rose’s appointment is controversial within the Orthodox Jewish community because of her previous involvement in the prosecution of Sholom Rubashkin, the former CEO of a now-bankrupt, Iowa-based Kosher meatpacking company that was accused of employing hundreds of illegal immigrants and violating child labor laws.

Rubashkin’s company, Agriprocessors, reportedly the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, had its Postville, Iowa plant raided by federal officials and shut down in May 2008. FBI and Homeland Security agents stormed the plant and arrested 389 illegal workers, which was at the time the largest raid in the United States...

In November 2009, Rubashkin was prosecuted by then U.S. Attorney Rose in the Northern District of Iowa and he was convicted of 86 counts of financial crimes including bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. A few months later in June 2010, he was sentenced to a stunning 27 years in federal prison even after being acquitted of violating child labor laws in a separate trial. Rubashkin appealed the conviction, but a federal court of appeals ruled against him in September 2011.

Although no one seems to have disputed Rubashkin’s crimes, many in the legal community felt the Justice Department’s pursuit for a life sentence was overzealous and that his actual sentence of 27 years was unusually harsh...

Fagg’s attorney, Michael Carroll, acknowledged that Rubashkin supporters have been grasping at the former AUSA’s lawsuit against Rose hoping to make a link to their own accusations of discrimination and anti-Semitism. He also said their complaint was totally unrelated to Rose’s nomination for a judgeship...MORE...LINK

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