Judge blasts Obama aunt asylum-case leak

A judge who granted asylum to President Barack Obama’s African aunt said she deserved to stay in the US because a government official who leaked her status made her a potential target in her native Kenya.

A judge who granted asylum to President Barack Obama’s African aunt said she deserved to stay in the US because a government official who leaked her status made her a potential target in her native Kenya.

US Immigration Judge Leonard Shapiro blasted the leak by the unnamed official in his 29-page ruling granting asylum to Zeituni Onyango in May.

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