Prosecutor fired by Trump appointed as a California judge by Newsom
San Francisco Chronicle · Bob Egelko ·
A former federal prosecutor who was fired by the Trump administration last year has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a judge in Sacramento.
A former federal prosecutor who was fired by the Trump administration last year after telling the U.S. Border Patrol to follow legal standards in immigration raids has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a judge in Sacramento.
Three months after Michele Beckwith’s dismissal as the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento, Newsom added her to his staff last October as a deputy legal affairs secretary, advising the governor and state agencies on legal issues. She was one of 23 judicial appointees Newsom announced on Wednesday and succeeds Judge Lauri Damrell, whom the governor has promoted to a state appeals court.
Beckwith, a Democrat, was hired as a federal prosecutor in 2010 and was serving as the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento last July when she was fired. The New York Times reported that it happened after she emailed Gregory Bovino, then the Border Patrol’s commander-at-large, that he would have to follow court orders and the Constitution during a planned operation in the Sacramento district.
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