Tells you everything about her from who she picked to rep her – radical Ron Kuby and Michael Avenatti was an ‘adviser.’
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest the separation of families at the Mexican border was convicted Monday of misdemeanor charges by a judge who said a person’s viewpoint can’t be a factor in whether laws are enforced.
The verdict by U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein came two hours after Therese Okoumou got choked up as she testified, saying images from the U.S.-Mexican border of children being torn from their parents gave her nightmares.
She faces up to 18 months in prison at a March 5 sentencing on charges of trespassing, interference with an agency’s function and disorderly conduct.
Ron Kuby, one of Okoumou’s lawyers, told the judge that his client wanted a trial even though it was clear the “likelihood of her conviction today was close to 100 percent.”