Maryland Attorney: Immigrant Community and Brian Frosh

maryland attorney: Vasiliades and Rodriguez also allegedly told the woman and her husband that their client could get them 3,000 if the case got thrown out because they didn't show up, according to Brandon Sun. Part of it, we allege, is a good old fashioned bribe, but the threat that the witness would be deported is sadly new, and I think it arises out of the climate of fear in the immigrant community over the change in policy for deportations, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh told The Associated Press in an interview. Attorney Christos Vasiliades was arrested when he showed up Tuesday at the Baltimore courthouse for the scheduled start of the rape trial.A Baltimore grand jury indicted Vasiliades and interpreter Edgar Rodriguez on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and intimidate a victim and a witness. According to the indictment, the attorney and interpreter called the husband to say his wife's case had become more complicated, and the couple agreed to meet with the men. The men told the couple that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking at this case, and referred to President Donald Trump's policies as creating a hostile environment for immigrants in the United States, the indictment said. Feeling threatened after that initial meeting, they sought help from law enforcement, and authorities had them meet again, this time recording what was said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.