The judge who controls Trump has gotten “pizza doxing.”
In 2020, a complaint came as a lawsuit in which the birther opened fire at New Jersey Judge Estelle Salas’ home, killing her 20-year-old son, Daniel Andel. Five years later, as President Donald Trump His step upCriticism of federal judges Those who blocked some of his agendas had unsolicited pizzas, often in the name of Daniel Andel, delivered to their homes.
Rhode Island District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. is one of those who stalled the first round of Trump’s first spending cuts but received pizza in Andel’s name. His court was also flooded with threats, including one profanity call, which called for his assassination.
McConnell, Jr. performed a recording of Cole in an extraordinary argument Thursday, where multiple federal judges discussed the threats they received. This is because judges only speak publicly from the bench or ruling, rarely talking about personal threats and attacks. Salas and others said the number of attacks has escalated in recent months.
Without using his name, Saras called on Trump and his allies to tone their rhetoric and to stop demonizing the judiciary for fear that more could happen.
“We’re being sued, but we’re going to keep it in merit and stop demonizing us,” Saras said. “They are inviting people to do harm to us.”
Thursday’s event was sponsored by Speak Up For Justice, a nonpartisan group supporting independent justice. Washington District Judge John C. Cornore recalled that police SWAT teams called their homes to respond to false reports of the attack after Corgenor in January suspended Trump’s executive order illegally ending birthright citizenship for the country’s children.
Washington District Judge Robert S. Lasnik delivered pizza to both his home and the names of two adult children, each in a different city.
“The message to me is, “I know where you live, where your kids live. You could die like Daniel Andel did,” Lasnik said in an interview.
According to Saras, the US ex-speaking said that since 2024, the so-called “pizza doxing,” the more than 100 cases of unnecessary delivery to the homes of federal judges and their families. Salas added that he has heard of additional cases targeting state judges from states ranging from Colorado to Florida.
“This is not a random, stupid thing to do. It’s a targeted, concentrated, coordinated attack, an attack on the judge,” Saras said in an interview.
Saras, nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama, was critical of the protests at the Supreme Court’s House of Justice, where President Barack Obama was nominated for Republicans in 2022. Salas said that both sides of the political aisle use rhetoric about judges but that he has reached a new peak since Trump took office.
“I often called it a bonfire, which I believe is that the current administration is throwing accelerators,” Saras said.
Trump himself has it Leading the price They often follow judges by name on social media. He said the judges who controlled his administration were “sick,” “very dangerous,” and “madman.” Trump’s allies amplified and sought his rhetoric Judge for each someone who does not control over the president or simply obey their rulings. Earlier this year, several judges on the panel said Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogres had a poster of a “wanted” judge who crossed the president hanging outside the office of the Congressional office.
Rasnik said many judges appointed by the presidents of both parties expressed concern to him, but was nervous about discussing the issue openly.
“Many of them don’t know how to speak up and fear crossing the line where they get judicial complaints, like Judge Boasberg,” Lasnik said of District Judge James E. Boasberg of DC, who found them and infuriated the Trump administration. It is possible that he committed a criminal comment He fails to obey his orders to turn around deportation flights to El Salvador.
Chief John Roberts has it Come to defend Boasbergthis week, Trump’s Justice Department filed a complaint against Boasburg over comments made at the Judicial Conference that other judges were worried that the Trump administration would not follow their orders. Last month, Trump’s Department of Justice took an extraordinary step Sues all federal judges in Maryland About rules governing how they handle immigration cases.
More than five judges who governed against Trump are receiving enhanced online protections, including scrubbing identification information from the website. Two Trump-appointed judges He wrote Congress seeking more funds for judicial security. In 2022, Congress passed a law named after Daniel Andel.