A federal agent failed to disclose three criminal convictions to his bosses at the Department of Justice and misrepresented the nature of an alleged assault, according to court filings in two recent Los Angeles cases against protesters that ended with all charges dropped.
The dismissals continue a nearly unprecedented streak of legal defeats for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles in cases that involve people accused of assaulting law enforcement during last year’s demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Ashleigh Brown and Jonathon Redondo-Rosales — two protesters involved in chaotic demonstrations outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A. — were accused of assaulting a Federal Protective Service officer in August…