US Justice Department files complaint against Minnesota judges who gave interviews about immigration surge
The complaint says seven judges gave politically charged interviews that undermined confidence in impartiality and should be barred from hearing Homeland Security cases.
- On Wednesday, Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges, alleging they violated ethics rules by criticizing the Trump administration's Operation Metro Surge in The New York Times.
- Operation Metro Surge deployed more than 3,000 immigration authorities to Minnesota starting in December 2025, sparking widespread protests and prompting federal judges to identify 96 court order violations in 74 cases.
- District Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim sat for interviews where they described the operation as a threat to democracy and questioned whether the administration was arresting dangerous criminals.
- Calling the judges' comments "overtly political" and a "flagrant violation," Attorney General Blanche requested the Eighth Circuit Court investigate and force recusal from all Department of Homeland Security cases.
- The filing follows a similar misconduct complaint against a federal judge last year, as the administration continues its aggressive stance against what it calls "activist judges" in ongoing legal battles.
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DOJ Files Ethics Complaint Against Minnesota Judges Who Spoke to NYT
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sept. 30 that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota who granted interviews to The New York Times about the immigration enforcement surge there. The DOJ argues that giving the interviews to the newspaper was partisan and unethical. The complaint, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, called the behavior of th…
Trump's DOJ takes its fight with federal judges to Minnesota
The Justice Department filed a complaint against a group of federal judges from Minnesota for speaking to The New York Times about the impact of the immigration enforcement surge on their court. The big picture: The complaint opens a new front in the Trump administration's standoff with federal judges, bolstered by a loyal Justice Department.Driving the news: The complaint, which was brought against two jurists who spoke on the record with the p…
DOJ Goes After Judges Who Spoke With New York Times
The Justice Department is taking like at a group of Minnesota federal judges over what they sold the New York Times. On Wednesday, the DOJ filed a judicial-misconduct complacent accusing seven District of Minnesota judges of breaking ethics rules by these concerns about the Trump administration's handling of immigration enforcement...
DOJ files complaint against Minn. judges for criticizing immigration surge
Several judges spoke to the New York Times about their concerns around the immigration crackdown. One judge Wednesday defended his decision to speak publicly as “well within the ethical rules.”
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