US Justice Department files ethics complaint against seven Minnesota federal judges
The US Justice Department has filed a misconduct complaint against seven federal judges in Minnesota over public comments they made about immigration-enforcement cases. The complaint focuses on remarks the judges gave to a newspaper this month about the pressure their courts faced during Operation Metro Surge. That operation led to thousands of arrests in the Minneapolis-St Paul area from December to February.Attorney General Todd Blanche said the judges crossed an ethical line by speaking publicly about the cases and accused them of showing obvious bias against the Trump administration. He said the department had no choice but to act and... [Continue Reading]
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