The Justice Department accused a judge Friday of “hostile and egregious misconduct” in her handling of a high profile case dealing with President Donald Trump’s executive order on trans-identifying troops in the military.
DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle informed Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan on Friday that United States District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes engaged in such conduct toward DOJ’s attorneys, suggesting bias and disrespect toward the DOJ’s position and imperiling a fair weighing of the case.
Reyes was handling Nicolas Talbott, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, a case dealing with Trump’s executive order on trans-identifying service members in the military. That executive order stated that “the medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria” are not compatible with the high standards needed for “troop readiness, lethality,…
