And it reached the point where in her frustration she said, I guess too much for the administration and they fired her this week. I think you ought to read the story and let me tell you what we're dealing with. The remarks she made in court, according to this article, cost her a job where she'd been working on a temporary basis to help handle habeas petitions or court filings that compel the government to justify holding someone in custody. But her comments also opened the window into a broader problem, how the courts in Minnesota are buckling beneath the weight of a deluge of cases arising from statewide campaign the administration called Operation Metro Surge. (01:51–02:07)
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Asserts that Julie Lee lost her job after making remarks in court about handling habeas petitions.
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