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US District #Judge #JohnMcConnell’s family endured similar #threats after he ruled that #Trump overstepped his authority in freezing #grants for #education & other services. #FarRight provocateur #LauraLoomer [& apparent Trump advisor] tweeted a photo of the judge’s daughter, who had worked at the US Education Dept as a policy advisor, & accused McConnell of protecting her paycheck. #ElonMusk amplified the post to his 219 million followers.

#law #judiciary #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #MAGA

#johnmcconnell #stochasticterrorism #judge #judiciary #threats #grants #lauraloomer #extremism #farright #elonmusk #maga #education #trump #law

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 12 months ago

#law #judiciary #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #MAGA

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 12 months ago

Neither #LauraLoomer nor #Musk mentioned the #Judge’s daughter had left her job before #Trump’s inauguration.

Loomer continued her attacks with 9 more posts in the ensuing days – & >600 calls & emails flooded #JohnMcConnell’s RI courthouse, including #DeathThreats & menacing messages taunting his #family, acc/to a court clerk & another person familiar w/the communications.

#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 12 months ago

#Boasberg & #McConnell are among at least 11 federal #judges whose #families have faced threats of #violence or #harassment after they ruled against the new #Trump admin, a Reuters investigation found.

The broadsides are part of an #intimidation campaign directed at federal judges who have stood in the way of Trump’s moves to dramatically expand #PresidentialAuthority & slash the federal govt.

#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 12 months ago

As #Trump & his allies call for #judges to be impeached or attack them as “radical left” political foes, the #families of judges are being singled out for #harassment.

Since Trump returned to power, at least 60 judges or appeals courts have slowed or blocked some of his admin’s initiatives. Reuters spoke w/ 12 federal judges who raised concerns about the #security of their own families or of the relatives of colleagues handling Trump-related cases.

#law #judiciary #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism