Although a strong past supporter, Gov. Maura Healey will not be among those testifying on behalf of District Court Judge Shelley Joseph on Monday.

That is the day Joseph will be before a hearing of the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. She is on her own.

The hearing is over Joseph’s “willful judicial misconduct” in allowing a wanted illegal immigrant to escape out the back of the Newton District Court in 2018 while ICE agents waited out front to scoop him up.

Joseph was indicted in 2019 on federal charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice by then U.S Attorney Andrew Lelling, a Donald Trump appointee.

The charges were later dropped after Joe Biden defeated Trump in 2020 and took over the U.S. Justice Department.

Joseph, who had been suspended, was returned to the bench by t

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