The president of a conservative group has filed a “judicial misconduct” complaint against the federal judge who sounded the alarm on CNN last week about threats against the judiciary and the rule of law in the context of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts about his hush-money trial judge’s daughter.
The Article III Project’s (A3P) Mike Davis, a former aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, known as the “general” behind Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation and “a warrior” behind Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s ascent to the Supreme Court, submitted the complaint against Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton to the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit and Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan.
Davis alleged Tuesday that Walton committed a violation of Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges when he commented on CNN about the gag order that Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan issued in Trump’s hush-money case.
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Davis’ complaint suggested that it was absurd — but not harmless — of Walton to say that Trump’s Truth Social posts amounted to a threat against a judge, his family, and the rule of law.
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“Defendants have the right to a fair trial–and to speak out in a non-threatening way when a judge is not honoring that right. A federal judge does not have the right to appear on a nationally televised program–watched by prospective jurors–and lambast a criminal defendant for lawfully exercising his constitutional right to criticize a pending criminal proceeding,” the complaint concluded. “Judge Walton should not have made the appearance, and we respectfully urge you to investigate and remedy this ethical violation–to prevent this from ever happening again.”
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