Min­neso­ta fed­er­al judges face DOJ mis­con­duct com­plaint after speak­ing to media dur­ing active law­suits

The Jus­tice Depart­ment announced indict­ments Wednes­day against 10 for­eign nation­als accused of elec­tion-relat­ed offens­es in Min­neso­ta and filed a nov­el judi­cial mis­con­duct com­plaint tar­get­ing near­ly the state’s entire active fed­er­al dis­trict court bench, esca­lat­ing the Trump administration’s quar­rels with judges in the state.
Attor­ney Gen­er­al Todd Blanche said the com­plaint, filed with the 8th U.S. Cir­cuit Court of Appeals, con­cerns judges’ inter­views with the New York Times about the Trump administration’s immi­gra­tion enforce­ment oper­a­tions. He accused the judges of dis­cussing pend­ing cas­es and dis­play­ing bias against the Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­ri­ty, call­ing for their recusal from civ­il and crim­i­nal cas­es involv­ing the agency.

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