A federal judge decided on Thursday to acquit former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander of a federal misdemeanor charge filed over his involvement in an anti-ICE protest at a Manhattan immigration court last year.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Ricardo declared the defendant, who was accused of obstructing an elevator and federal law enforcement at the Federal Plaza Immigration Court in New York, not guilty.

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