Possible assassination attempt against United States District Judge Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey.
A gunman posing as a Fedex delivery driver knocked at their door, then opened fire when the door was opened. Her son and only child was killed, her husband shot and now in critical condition. Salas was in the basement of the house at the time and evidently evaded detection by the gunman.
Salas has been involved in numerous high profile gang related cases, cases related to Jeffrey Epstein and numerous other cases which could generate reprisal.
The FBI, United States Marshals and numerous New Jersey State and local law enforcement agencies are investigating.
There have only been three successful assassinations and one murder among the greater than 3,500 individuals who have served as Article III United States federal judges in the history of the United States. The United States Marshals do a terrific job of protecting federal judges. But obviously 100% protection is impossible.
From what I have read, if it was an assassination attempt, and right now I will emphasize âifâ here, then it could be in relation to any number of cases she has been involved in, or is currently involved in. The obvious reaction is to assume it is Epstein/Deutsche Bank related. Iâll be following this closely to see what comes of it all.
My sincere prayers go out to her and her family during this horribly tragic time.
The suspect was later found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound near Liberty, New York, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. A municipal employee discovered the body in a car.
The deceased suspect was an attorney who had a case before Judge Salas in 2015, sources said.
Reminiscent of the death of United States District Judge Richard J. Daronco. Daronco had dismissed a womanâs claim for sexual harassment for lack of evidence. The father of the Plaintiff shot Daronco while he was tending the garden in front of his house, then committed a suicide. His suicide note indicated the killing was in revenge for ruling against his daughter.
The Epstein connection will doubtless result in all sorts of conspiracy theories. Most likely that killer was a failed lawyer who blamed the judge for his failures.
The gunman suspected of killing the son and wounding the husband of a federal judge in New Jersey before taking his own life in New Yorkâs Catskills has been identified as lawyer and menâs rights activist Roy Den Hollander, federal sources said. Hollander â whose website details âanti-feminist casesâ and calls for clients to âhelp battle the infringement of Menâs Rights by the Feministsâ â was found dead in Rockland County, NY on Monday, according to sources.
The man suspected of carrying out the attack on Judge Salasâs family is New York attorney Roy Den Hollander, was an ardent Trump supporter who filed a civil RICO complaint against the media in 2016 alleging a conspiracy against Trumpâs candidacy. Hollander filed a 45 page lawsuit that is a pro-Trump, anti-media screed. In it, he identifies himself as a disenfranchised Trump supporter, entwining his legal practiceâwhich connects him to Judge Salasâto his politics.
According to TechDirt, he also âsued a nightclub claiming that requiring him to buy a $350 bottle of vodka was a human rights violationâ and sued nightclubs for holding Ladiesâ Nights, which he said violated the 14th Amendment