The Department of Justice asked a judge on Friday to recuse herself from a case involving President Donald Trump‘s fight with the Democratic-aligned law firm Perkins Coie, alleging she has shown a “pattern of hostility” toward Trump that renders her incapable of being impartial.
In a court motion, DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle gave numerous examples of what he viewed as Judge Beryl Howell’s animosity toward Trump.
“This Court has not kept its disdain for President Trump secret,” Mizelle wrote. “It has voiced its thoughts loudly—both inside and outside the courtroom.”
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Howell, Mizelle noted, once suggested in a speech before the 2024 election that Trump was an authoritarian. Mizelle argued that Howell overstepped by commenting in a court order that Trump spread a “revisionist
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