Anthony Brown

You know, a lot of people we would talk to would be confused.

They would think I was running against, you know, our wonderful Attorney General Anthony Brown or somebody, you know? [laughs] And I'm like, "No, no, no.

We have a state's attorney here." And so what is the role? So the state's attorney is the elected position that oversees our prosecutorial office in Baltimore County.

And so that office has over 140 employees, over 60 different prosecutors, and they prosecute all different types of cases, from low-level misdemeanors all the way up and through, you know, more serious cases like homicides, violent crimes.

But this is something that we need to take note about.

So, uh, David Smith, he is the o- co-owner of the Baltimore Sun and Sinclair executive chairman, sued Governor Wes Moore personally for defamation in false light over a June 16th MS Now interview, okay? Uh, and so Attorney General Anthony Brown's office then took the defense and hired a outside counsel and is asking the Board of Public Works, which Moore chairs, to approve up to $550,000 in general funds on this week, October 7th, I think the hearing is.

Yes, Wednesday.

Yeah.

I'm, I'm doing great.

I'm doing, I'm doing fantastic.

I'm fired up about this conversation about the abuse of authority by Anthony Brown.

It's, uh, typical s- political buddies.

But these laws, uh, require, uh, ICE to provide identification while on duty and ban officers from wearing masks, with limited carve-outs or circumstances like undercover duty and cold weather.

Wes Moore signed that bill into law this past May, despite, uh, the Attorney General Anthony Brown raising questions about the constitutionality of enforcing it against federal agents.

Uh, Brown told Moore in an advice letter that his view, there was a high likelihood the court could find its application to federal agents would violate this Pr- the Supremacy Clause.

The state law, which imposed a fine of up to $1,500 upon conviction, took effect yesterday.

And so they kind of want federal agents to sort of own the work that they do, and this is why they're really fighting for this ban on wearing face masks.

Yeah.

The, yet the Attorney General, Anthony Brown, had warned the governor that, uh, look, there's something called the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution, which, uh, they're probably gonna lose, uh, this one i-in court.

Uh, has, has the governor reacted to that at all?

Because it sounds to me that this isn't the first time.

The AG Anthony Brown has decided to use our money to fight legal challenges.

So we'll talk to Jim in studio at 10 o'clock.

Also, data centers, you know, we've been talking about this all week.

And like I said earlier, I see a lot more Jim Rutledge signs around Baltimore County, and I believe that's a great sign.

And you know what? Maybe there are other people that are sick of the AG's shenanigans.

When we hear from Anthony Brown, he's talking about Trump, he's talking about ICE.

We've got a lot of issues here right in our state, and he's avoiding them or ignoring them, whatever it may be.

It's 10.03. I'm Maggie Hunter with the latest headlines from the WCBM Maryland News Center brought to you by Vinny Steele.

Attorney General Anthony Brown has filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court urging it to grant a preliminary injunction blocking ICE for making warrantless arrests in the state.

Several individual plaintiffs and We Are Casa allege that ICE has systematically arrested people in the state without a warrant.

and without the probable cause determinations required by federal law.