Federal Judge Esther Salas said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found that Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor was being watched by the man accused of murdering her son and injuring her husband in an attack against Salas. was targeted.
According to ABC News, Salas noted in an interview with the television show 60 Minutes that the FBI “found a manila envelope containing information about Judge Sonia Sotomayor.”
However, neither the FBI nor the Supreme Court have commented on this.
Authorities said defendant Roy Den Hollander posed in July as a FedEx postman to murder 20-year-old Daniel Anderl, Salas’s son. He also injured the victim’s father. As it turned out, the attack was said to be aimed at Judge Salas.
The 72-year-old Dutchman committed suicide after the meeting.
Following these events, Salas has called for more protective measures for judges to be included. “Who knows what would have happened?” Said the judge sitting on the Federal Court in New Jersey about the vigilance the killer had towards the Puerto Rican Supreme Court judge.
Judge Salas was the first Hispanic to be named in federal court in Neward, New Jersey. The full interview will be broadcast tomorrow on national television.