Judge To Rule On Illegal Alien RICO Suit Against Bush

February 12, 2003
By Tom Flocco

In a potentially explosive illegal immigration racketeering suit against President George W. Bush, Washington, DC District Court Judge Richard J. Leon will rule within the next ten days whether the President and two other defendants -- Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson -- have failed to enforce immigration laws already enacted by the United States Congress.

The original complaint, filed on September 4, 2002 by Joseph Sadowski of Hicksville, New York, asserted that Bush, Ashcroft and Thompson “violated their oaths of office and warred against the Constitution....violating the rights of the people, costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year....and placed the citizens in a situation that they must pay higher taxes for this discretion not to address the issue of illegal aliens and have them deported.”

Sadowski’s suit also stated that all three are actually “protecting the illegal alien” by allowing them to remain unhindered and able to freely walk the streets of America. The New York resident’s civil action included presidential violations related to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), constructive fraud, violations of regulatory fairness laws, deprivation of rights, conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, and obstruction of justice.

That his lawsuit has progressed this far, having faced a motion by U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard to dismiss the suit -- plus two additional supplemental defendant memorandums [highly unusual] in support of the original dismissal motion, is a clear indication that Judge Leon is taking quite seriously Bush’s lack of enforcement of laws against illegal aliens.

In a phone interview yesterday, Sadowski told us “The mere fact that the President’s attorneys keep filing supplemental memorandums prior to Judge Leon’s ruling suggests that they are worried he will take action to force the President and the Attorney General to uphold laws already on the books against illegal aliens.”

Judge Leon’s biography lists his extensive experience regarding probes involving the executive branch of government. He served as counsel to congressional committees in the investigations of three sitting Presidents and as Special Counsel to the U.S. House Ethics Reform Task Force.

Judge Leon was appointed to the United States District Court in February 2002. He received his A.B. from Holy Cross College in 1971, his J.D. cum laude from Suffolk Law School in 1974, and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1981. Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Leon was engaged in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1989 to 2002. Judge Leon served at the U.S. Department of Justice in a number of positions, including Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Environment Division, Senior Trial Attorney in the Criminal Section of the Tax Division, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. He served as counsel to congressional committees in the investigations of three sitting Presidents and as Special Counsel to the U.S. House Ethics Reform Task Force. He also served as a Commissioner on the White House Fellows Commission and the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control. A former full-time law professor at St. John’s Law School, Judge Leon is currently an adjunct law professor at both Georgetown and Catholic University.

Our call to Judge Leon’s chambers last week indicated that Sadowski’s complaint, cross-filings, and other motions in our possession are valid documents -- linked within this story. “I can verify that the civil action Mr. Sadowski filed against the President, Attorney General Ashcroft, and Secretary Thompson is currently being considered by Judge Leon,” said his secretary, Norma, adding that “the filed complaint number is 02-1766 (RJL).”

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