Judge bans border activist from mentioning Trump in trial
ANITA SNOW and ASTRID GALVAN
Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge banned an Arizona border activist charged with harboring immigrants from mentioning President Donald Trump during his retrial, which began Tuesday.
U.S. District Court Judge Raner Collins granted a motion by prosecutors to bar the mention of the president during the second trial of Scott Warren. His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury last June.
"There should be no politics in this case. I'm not going to allow it," Collins said.
The trial has garnered international attention, and Warren's supporters say humanitarian aid work is increasingly under attack. Warren, 37, is one of nine members of the group No More Deaths who have been charged with crimes related to their work, although he's the only one faci