Ethics Complaint Against US Judge Who Decried Threats Tossed

A federal appeals court judicial council threw out an ethics complaint by a conservative legal advocate against a judge who condemned threats against the judiciary in a television interview.

US District Judge Reggie Walton’s comments during his CNN appearance last March didn’t violate the judicial ethics rules or constitute judicial misconduct, Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote in a decision posted Tuesday.

A member of the Washington, D.C., trial court, Walton drew conservative backlash after he decried threats made against federal judges and their families and warned such attacks undermine ...