← Todd Blanche Charges 10 Noncitizens With Voting in Minnesota — Out of About 8.5 Million Votes Cast — and in the Same Announcement Files a Misconduct Complaint Against Nearly Every Federal Judge in the State for Talking to the New York Times, Citing "an Obvious Bias Against the Department of Homeland Security"; Keith Ellison Calls It "a Desperate and Dangerous Attack on American Judicial Independence"
“This is a desperate and dangerous attack on American judicial independence. … The complaint is a direct attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate judges who have ruled against them in the past. … An independent judiciary, free from political influence, coercion, or threats is an important bulwark against tyranny. … Attacks on judicial independence are attacks on the rule of law, our democracy, and the people who safeguard it.
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