House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Friday filed a misconduct complaint against a D.C. federal judge, alleging that the jurist recently “delivered a highly inappropriate speech” that put on doubts his impartiality in previous rulings against former President Donald Trump.
The complaint that Stefanik published in full in Xcalls for an ethics investigation against US District Judge Beryl Howell for having “suggested that President Trump’s re-election will lead to fascism in the United States” and for maintaining “cozy personal relationships” with President Biden’s deputy attorney general, Lisa Monaco.
“I filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Howell because election interference by judges destroys public trust in the federal judiciary, tears at the fabric of our Republic, and is unlawful,” Stefanik said in a statement. “This must end now.”
D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan received the complaint, which was first reported by NBC News.
The Post has contacted the court for comment.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed a misconduct complaint Friday against U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell. Getty Images Stefanik alleged that Howell recently “gave a highly inappropriate speech” that was “hardly apolitical,” questioning her impartiality in previous rulings against Donald Trump. The Washington Post via Getty Images
Howell, who was nominated to the federal bench in 2010 by former President Barack Obama and served as chief judge of the D.C. District from 2016 until last March, issued rulings overseeing Trump’s Jan. 6 federal case and his documents case. classified in Miami, both of which were presented by special prosecutor Jack Smith.
He also oversaw grand jury proceedings during special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government.
In August, Howell filed a default judgment against former New York mayor and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in a defamation case brought by two Georgia election workers whom he accused of voter fraud in 2020.
D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan received the complaint, which was first reported by NBC News. X/@EliseStefanik
Trump, 77, remains the favorite for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination despite the charges, as well as two other cases against him in Manhattan for alleged corporate fraud and in Atlanta for trying to overturn the results of the US election. 2020 in Georgia.
Biden nominated Monaco for the No. 2 position at the Justice Department in January 2021, and he later presided over all federal cases brought against those involved in the Capitol riot that occurred that same month.
Loretta Lynch, Kathy Ruemmler, Lisa Monaco and Howell “snuggled and hugged each other on stage, to applause and dramatic music,” Stefanik said. X/@EliseStefanik
On November 27, Howell and Monaco received the “champion award” at the Women’s White Collar Defense Association gala, and Howell gave a speech that referenced her judicial work related to the Capitol riot.
“My DC judicial colleagues and I regularly see the impact of big lies on the sentencing of hundreds, hundreds of people who were convicted of offensive conduct on January 6, 2021, when they disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election in the United States. Joined. Capitol,” Howell said, according to NBC. “As district court judges, what matters most to us is the facts.”
Biden, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other prominent Democrats have denounced Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud as “the big lie” he told his supporters following his 2020 election loss. .
Stefanik said Howell’s comments had “furthered the Democratic political campaign’s theme that Donald Trump’s re-election amounts to America choosing authoritarianism,” which was “conduct unbecoming of a federal judge.”
He also noted that former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch praised Howell for his handling of Trump’s federal cases, while referring to the actions of the 45th president’s supporters on January 6, 2021 as an “insurrection.” .
“It is difficult to imagine how these criminal defendants can expect a fair trial, when one of the key federal judges received a ‘champion award’ from partisan opponents while the cases are pending before his court,” Stefanik added, noting that the case of Smith does not accuse the former president of “insurrection.”
Howell issued rulings as the chief judge of the court overseeing Trump’s Jan. 6 case and his classified documents case. REUTERS
“Lynch, [former Obama White House Counsel Kathy] Ruemmler, Monaco (the senior Justice Department official prosecuting the January 6 cases) and Judge Howell (who oversees the January 6 cases) even snuggled and hugged on stage, amid applause and dramatic music. , he also said.
“Partisans cannot use our judicial system to exact political revenge against those with whom they disagree. The consequences for our legal system, our Constitution and our country would be devastating.”
Stefanik also filed an ethics complaint against Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron in November, accusing him of “bizarre behavior” and “clear judicial bias” in the $250 million civil fraud case against Trump.
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