Overview
- David Huerta entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles federal court to a misdemeanor count of obstructing, resisting, or opposing a federal officer.
- Prosecutors reduced the original felony conspiracy allegation to a misdemeanor, lowering potential exposure from up to six years to a maximum of one year.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg released Huerta on his own recognizance with conditions that include surrendering his passport, seeking permission for foreign travel, and staying 100 feet from federal officers.
- The charge stems from a June 6 enforcement operation at Ambiance Apparel, where an HSI affidavit says Huerta sat in front of a vehicular gate before a physical confrontation that led to his arrest and brief hospitalization.
- Huerta denounced the case as a "weaponization" of the justice system, while federal authorities maintain he impeded lawful enforcement, and the DOJ declined further comment.