Judge Breached Ethics With TV Remarks, Conservative Group Claims

A conservative legal group filed an ethics complaint against a Washington federal trial judge who decried threats to the judiciary in a television interview.

The Article III Project’s Tuesday complaint alleges that the March 28 CNN appearance by US District Judge Reggie Walton violated conduct rules that prohibit judges from commenting on matters pending before a court.

Walton’s remarks came after former President Donald Trump took to social media to blast the daughter of the New York judge overseeing one of his criminal cases..

The George W. Bush appointee warned that attacks against judges and their family members undermine the ...