Boston sued by Judicial Watch for withholding public records tied to Mayor Wu’s pro-immigration rally

From The Boston Herald:

Judicial Watch, a conservative activist group, is suing the City of Boston over public records it says the city failed to produce for internal emails and costs tied to the mayor’s defiant pro-sanctuary press conference that featured a mariachi band.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that the City of Boston has flouted the public records law, by not responding to a records request submitted by Judicial Watch on Aug. 20.

It relates to a rally-like press conference Mayor Michelle Wu held at City Hall to publicly defy a federal order to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections for illegal immigrants. The city has since been sued by the Trump administration.

“Mayor Wu staged a racist political spectacle instead of cooperating with federal law enforcement — even as dangerous criminal aliens are at large in her city,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said Thursday in a statement. “Boston residents deserve to know why the mayor’s office refuses transparency about this event and why City Hall is stonewalling lawful public records requests.”

Judicial Watch is seeking internal emails sent by the mayor and her immediate staff regarding an Aug. 13 letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that ordered Wu to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections, namely the Boston Trust Act, which limits local cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

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