Overview
- Federal prosecutors told a judge they no longer oppose releasing body‑camera footage and some evidence from Marimar Martinez’s dismissed case, but they still object to disclosing Agent Charles Exum’s text messages.
- U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis postponed a decision on evidence disclosure until Friday and ordered a response from Martinez’s attorney by Thursday.
- At a House Democrats forum, Rep. Robert Garcia read texts attributed to Exum that appeared to brag about the Oct. 4 shooting, including the line, “5 shots, 7 holes.”
- Martinez testified about being shot five times in Chicago’s Brighton Park during DHS’s Operation Midway Blitz and about being labeled a “domestic terrorist,” a designation DHS said it stands by.
- Charges against Martinez were previously dropped after the government acknowledged in court that alleged ramming of an agent’s vehicle did not occur, and lawmakers tied her case to recent fatal encounters in Minneapolis.