Lawfare met lawfare as a federal judge’s recent comments on cable news regarding the former president landed him with a judicial misconduct complaint.
Double standards are readily seen as the norm for leftist figures, but the former judicial clerk and founder of the Article III Project sought to squash that Tuesday. After U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton appeared on CNN “to make extrajudicial pronouncements” about former President Donald Trump, a 13-page complaint was filed with D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan.
“We are seeing a dangerous pattern in which DC federal judges, like Beryl Howell and now Reggie Walton have convinced themselves they have a duty–unbounded by the judicial canons–to make extrajudicial pronouncements about President Trump,” wrote Davis. “But this is so much bigger than President Trump–or even one presidential election.”
Davis’ complaint regarding the obligation of judges not to “denigrate public confidence in the judiciary’s integrity” followed Walton’s appearance alongside CNN host Kaitlan Collins last week where he voiced opposition to Trump’s outspoken commentary on Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.
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Davis’ complaint criticized Walton and expressed, “A reasonable person cannot read President Trump’s posts and draw the conclusion that he made any such threat. President Trump articulated the reason why he believes he will not receive a fair trial before Judge Merchan. President Trump, for example, did not dox the home addresses of the judge and his adult daughter. Nor did President Trump encourage illegal protests outside of their homes.”
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Davis went on to tell the New York Post, “Normally attorneys advise their clients, especially criminal defendants to avoid public statements, especially criticisms of judges, but Trump correctly understands that this is lawfare and election interference by these Democrat judges and prosecutors.”
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