A Michigan Nurse Faces Federal Charges

The FBI has charged Chloe Renae Freeman, a 33-year-old Michigan nurse, with "instigating or assisting escape," a federal misdemeanor, according to court records unsealed this week. The allegation centres on an incident at an Ann Arbor hospital in which a patient — an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who had been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement roughly two hours earlier — left the facility while still in custody.

The charge comes from an FBI agent's declaration submitted in federal court, as reported by The Guardian. An allegation in a declaration is not a conviction; Freeman has not been found guilty of any offence, and the misdemeanor classification means the conduct alleged sits at the lower end of federal criminal liability.

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