Over 150 former federal, state judges call for dismissal of DOJ complaint against Minnesota judges

A nationwide bipartisan group of former federal and state judges released a letter Monday, calling on an Eighth Circuit judge to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) complaint against two Minnesota federal judges.

Toward the end of September, the DOJ began efforts to dismiss Minnesota District Court judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim over their public comments in a September New York Times article about immigration enforcement.

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This week’s letter asks Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Colloton to dismiss the DOJ’s misconduct complaint immediately, adding the complaint is ...