Boston federal judge appointed by Reagan says he stepped down last week because he could no longer stay silent about regime's attempt to destroy the rule of law

Mark Wolf, who had served as a judge in in US District Court in Boston since 1985, explains his decision to step down on Friday:

My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.

Wolf, who presided over trials of Whitey Bulger, Steven Flemmi and Sal DiMasi, added:

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