Eighteen hours before he was due to appear in court, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros tried to assure a magistrate judge Wednesday he didn’t mean to violate one of her orders by touting sealed criminal charges at a press conference with top Justice Department officials last week. Boutros explained himself in a 14-page document filed Wednesday afternoon. And even though U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally had ordered him to appear in court Thursday morning, Boutros told the judge, “there is no need f