Baris A. Koch, the brother of Izmir A. Koch who was convicted of a hate crime against a man he thought was Jewish, was charged with lying to the FBI and concealing his brother Izmir's flight out of the US. Izmir was released pending trial and fled to Russia.
It sounds to me like Baris helped his brother Izmir flee the country. He claimed to have lost his drivers licenses twice in Ohio, so got copies and his brother fled to Mexico. He then used Baris' passport to fly to Europe, then made his way to Russia.
So, a liberal Clinton judge let Izmir out of jail pending his trial, and then Izmir escaped. 
