Body-camera video shows a federal prosecutor offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt fallout from a DUI arrest.
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Joseph Ruddy, 59, a federal prosecutor, was stopped by cops outside his home in Tampa on July 4 after he sideswiped an SUV. He was too drunk to stand and offered the cop his business card.
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When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance. “You realize when they pull my body-worn camera footage and they see this, this is going to go really bad." On Wednesday, a day after the AP asked the Justice Department about Ruddy's status, the veteran prosecutor was pulled off three pending criminal cases.