US Attorney overseeing Trump assassination attempt case made history as Haitian lawyer

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 12:44 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2024 | Updated 12:44 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2024


The first Haitian-born American U.S. Attorney is leading the office prosecuting the suspect in Donald Trump's most recent assassination attempt. Markenzy Lapointe is the top prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida's federal court, where Ryan Routh faces gun-related charges after a Secret Service agent saw a gun poking through the bushes of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump was in range. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Dispoto is prosecuting the case, court records show.

The historic case comes at a time when Trump has repeatedly spread misinformation about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, prompting bomb threats and school evacuations in the area.

South Florida top prosecutor already made history

Lapointe, a U.S. Marine Gulf War veteran, was nominated by President Joe Biden and sworn into office in January 2023. Lapointe started his career as a law clerk with the Florida Supreme Court, served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the southern district, and then became partner at two Miami law offices, according to a Department of Justice news release when Lapointe was sworn in.

Lapointe was recommended for his current role by a bipartisan judicial advisory commission led by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. He came to the U.S. from Haiti as a teenager, worked alongside his mother in a restaurant in Miami, and joined the U.S. Marines as a reservist after high school, the Miami Herald reported, "Going to war representing the United States was particularly meaningful to me,” Lapointe told the Herald of his six-month tour of duty in Iraq. "It mattered to me as an immigrant who came here and could contribute to this country in a special way.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/17/markenzy-lapointe-florida-us-attorney-prosecuting-routh/75260678007/

[Bo Zarts]

1. Too much irony in my diet ..

[BaronChocula]

2. This reminds me of Judge Gonzalo Curiel

He oversaw the Trump University (fraud, of course) case. The rapist tried to have Curiel removed because, as the rapist put it, "... we're building a wall. He's Mexican."

WHAT A LOSER!

[IronLionZion]

3. It's worse than cats and dogs, now they're stealing US Attorney jobs!

We already stole the VP's job and we're stealing the president job next!

I love some good job stealing

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Didn't you know that the U.S. Attorney

is a "black job"?

[IronLionZion]

5. So is US President!

And our Haitian-American US Press Secretary has had enough of their BS.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Yup!

(and Karine ain't taking no crap, especially from Doocy! )

[IcyPeas]

7. It's almost like this entire country is made up of immigrants...

They're everywhere!! Oh wait.....