It’s time to begin charging the conspirators that created sanctuary cities with indictments

The new sheriff in town is US attorney Pam Bondi.  If she is serious about enforcing immigration law, she should begin going after each, and every public official/conspirator that participated in creating obstruction of justice policies in each jurisdiction that created sanctuary cities.

Bondi can begin by immediately informing those players to end their policies or she will begin impaneling Grand Juries seeking to indict these arrogant and criminal public officials that may still persist: 

Yes, public officials can potentially be charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice—even if no actual act of obstruction occurs—so long as there is:

1. An agreement between two or more people to obstruct justice, and
2. An overt act taken by any one of the conspirators in furtherance of that agreement (even if it does not itself succeed or amount to actual obstruction).

Key Legal Points:

• 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy to Commit Offense or Defraud the United States) is the federal statute often used. It criminalizes any agreement to:
  
• Violate federal law (e.g., obstruct justice under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1505, 1512, etc.),  Or defraud the U.S. by interfering with lawful functions of its agencies (e.g., ICE or DHS enforcement). No completed obstruction is necessary. The crime of conspiracy is complete once: There is a mutual agreement (explicit or implicit), And any overt act is committed in furtherance of the plan (even something minor, like sending a text message or scheduling a meeting to strategize).
• Examples might include:
  Issuing illegal sanctuary city policies that actively shield illegal aliens from ICE, Instructing law enforcement officers not to cooperate with immigration detainers, Concealing arrest or release information from federal authorities.

Case Law Example:

In United States v. Price, 383 U.S. 787 (1966), the Court ruled that state actors can conspire to deprive individuals of constitutional or federal rights, even when acting under “color of law.” This principle has extended to criminal conspiracy cases when public officials use their position to obstruct enforcement of federal law.

Bottom Line:

If public officials conspired to frustrate immigration enforcement, and any step was taken to act on that plan, they can absolutely be charged with conspiracy, even if the obstruction wasn’t completed.