The Attorney General Office issued a press release on Sunday, 10 March 2019 showing a photo of Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez in a meeting in New York City with the New York Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Over the weekend, a photo had circulated on social media whereby Rodríguez was seen shopping in a men’s store in New York City.
Rodríguez had not been available to answer to criticism over his controversial assessment of Supreme Court of Justice judge Miriam Germán Brito. He left the country when criticism to his effectiveness as Attorney General was at an all time high. Critics highlighted the prosecutor had violated the ruling for the assessment when he presented anonymous letters as evidence of irregularities in assets of the judge, and a letter from a judge whose visa has been removed by the United States, also as evidence of reasons why the highly reputed judge should not continue in her post.
The Attorney General Office press release explained that Jean Alain Rodríguez had been in New York for meetings with the federal prosecutor to discuss national security matters. The Attorney General Office said he held meetings with United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman to discuss combating corruption, people smuggling and organized crime.
The Attorney General Office press release says that Rodriguez also met with Angel M. Melendez, the special agent in charge of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York City; New York Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Joseph Resnick and NY Police chief of intelligence Thomas Galati.
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11 March 2019