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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has a brand new pastime, and it’s not pickle ball. As an alternative the New York Republican, who chairs the Home Republican Convention, has taken up submitting performative judicial complaints towards jurists who’re imply to Trump.
Final month, she whined to the New York State Fee on Judicial Conduct about Justice Arthur Engoron, who’s presiding over Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York. Naturally the criticism, which Stefanik fed to the media, included the identify of the decide’s legislation clerk, who has suffered an avalanche of antisemitic threats and harassment. As a result of if there’s one individual in Congress who cares about antisemitism, it’s Elise Stefanik.
Yesterday Congressional Karen was again at it with a criticism about Decide Beryl Howell of the US District Courtroom in DC.
“I write at this time to specific my severe considerations about, and request an ethics investigation of, DC U.S. District Decide Beryl Howell for her extremely inappropriate political speech she gave final month, at which she steered reelecting President Trump will result in fascism in America,” she huffed in a letter addressed to DC Circuit Chief Decide Sri Srinivasan.
Stefanik is GRRRR SO MAD that Decide Howell bought an award on November 27, 2023 from the Ladies’s White Collar Protection Affiliation. Former Legal professional Common Loretta Lynch served as grasp of ceremonies and Decide Howell was launched by Obama White Home Counsel Kathy Ruemmler, who stated good issues about her. Plus Deputy Legal professional Common Lisa Monaco shared the respect with the decide, so clearly, that is proof of judicial misconduct.
This can be a actual quote:
Lynch, Ruemmler, Monaco (the senior DOJ official prosecuting January 6 circumstances), and Decide Howell (overseeing January 6 circumstances) even huddled and wrapped their arms round one another on stage, to applause and with dramatic music enjoying, as Decide Howell acquired her “champion award.” They repeated this after Monaco acquired hers.
Was Decide Howell presupposed to spit on her fellow attendees to show non-partisanship? What’s even occurring right here?
Stefanik can also be pissed that Decide Howell warned towards the creeping tide of fascism and mentioned historian Heather Cox Richardson’s latest guide concerning the rising risks of authoritarianism in America and stated good issues about former Appearing AG Sally Yates. How dare she!
“Decide Howell’s speech is plainly inappropriate, consisting of partisan statements, election interference, and improper extrajudicial statements whereas prison circumstances are pending–all barred by [Judicial] Canon 2B,” she fumed. “Decide Howell promoted the Democrat political marketing campaign theme that the re-election of Donald Trump equates to America selecting authoritarianism. That is conduct unbecoming of a federal decide.”
Absolutely the Congresswoman might be cosponsoring a Supreme Courtroom ethics decision any time now.
Oh, and PS, no, Stefanik is just not on the Home Judiciary Committee. She simply does this shit for clout.
Liz Dye lives in Baltimore the place she writes the Legislation and Chaos Substack.
