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Stefanik files complaint against judge in Giuliani, Trump cases
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., filed a complaint today alleging judicial misconduct by a federal judge who has overseen various Jan. 6-related cases.
Stefanik, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and member of the House GOP leadership, formally requested an ethics investigation into U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell over what the New York Republican called a “highly inappropriate political speech” by the judge in November.
Howell is also overseeing Giuliani’s trial.
The complaint, submitted to D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan and first reported by NBC News, pertains to Howell’s remarks Nov. 27 when she accepted an award at a Women’s White Collar Defense Association gala. Stefanik argues that Howell’s remarks were “hardly apolitical” and that the judge’s remarks were “plainly inappropriate, consisting of partisan statements, election interference, and improper extrajudicial statements while criminal cases are pending.”
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
