DOJ moves to remove two Minnesota judges from immigration cases
Judges John Tunheim (left) and Patrick Schiltz are being targeted for comments made to the media. (Wikimedia Commons, U.S. District Court of Minnesota via AP)
A top official at the Justice Department has moved to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of immigration cases because of comments they made to the media about President Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of immigration cases in their state.
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the third-highest-ranking official at the Justice Department, questioned the ability of Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim to remain impartial.
The move is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing efforts against judges it claims have treated the Trump administration unfairly, according to a report by CBS News.
Woodward is focused on comments from Tunheim and Schiltz that appeared in an article in the New York Times last month. The judges both raised concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of cases related to an immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier in the year.
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