DOJ tries to boot judge who criticized Trump on immigration from hearing noncitizen voting case
The Justice Department has filed a motion to have U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minnesota recuse himself from hearing a criminal case charging a man with illegally casting a ballot as a noncitizen, saying he's shown himself to be a headline-chasing jurist.
TL;DR
- Justice Department filed a motion for recusal.
- U.S. District Judge John Tunheim is the subject of the motion.
- The case involves a man charged with illegally casting a ballot as a noncitizen.
- The DOJ claims the judge is a 'headline-chasing jurist.'