SAN FRANCISCO — In his first federal court appearance since being released from pretrial custody, former San Francisco real estate investor Luke Brugnara told a judge Wednesday that charges against him related to reported false loan applications for pandemic-era relief programs should be dismissed due to prosecutorial misconduct.
Monologuing to the court, Brugnara claimed Assistant U.S. Attorney Maya Karwande obstructed justice and intentionally lied to a magistrate judge following Senior U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney’s Sept. 9 order releasing Brugnara from pretrial custody, so long as he met certain conditions.
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