You're talking about the Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and the special prosecutor, Andrea Reeb, to whom she handed the case off. So the only boss here would be the NM Attorney General, right? NM AG Raúl Torrez evidently just took office Jan 1, after being DA in Bernallilo County, NM's most populous (includes Albuquerque). Not aware of any comment from him on the case.Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:39 am While I think that the prosecutors have extremely strong cases against both Baldwin and the armorer for negligence, the attempt to overcharge them with the 5-year enhancement is, in my opinion, a truly despicable prosecutorial abuse of power. This is exactly the sort of thing that many poor defendants would be unable to recognize or fight. No matter the reason why it was done in this case, it speaks incredibly poorly of the prosecutors and, if I were their boss, would most likely cause me to ask for their resignations. In my opinion, just one more example (as if we needed one) of why there needs to be greater accountability for prosecutorial discretion.
Reeb, whom Baldwin is trying to boot, is a Republican, just elected to the state legislature. Torrez and Carmack-Altwies are Democrats.