The judge considering a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender individuals from the military engaged in “hostile and egregious misconduct,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged in a complaint Friday.
District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, questioned a DOJ attorney on his religious views in a manner that “compromised the dignity of the proceedings and demonstrated potential bias,” DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle wrote in a complaint filed with the clerk for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“After a long screed about how she believes President Trump has discriminated against individuals with gender dysphoria (including a claim that he was ‘literally erasing transgender people’), Judge Reyes describes receiving an email suggesting that she develop a relationship with Jesus,” Mizelle said. “She then uses this aside as an excuse to randomly pivot to questioning the DOJ attorney about his religious views.” (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Military Watchdog Sues Air Force, DOD To Obtain Records On Pentagon LGBT Pride Event)
🚨 Trump 47 DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle files ethics complaint against District Judge Ana C. Reyes. pic.twitter.com/gUt2mLSUfK
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During a hearing this week, Reyes questioned the attorney on what Jesus would say to “telling a group of people that they are so worthless, so worthless that we’re not going to allow them into homeless shelters?”
“Do you think Jesus would be, ‘Sounds right to me’?” she asked, according to the complaint. “Or do you think Jesus would say, ‘WTF? Of course, let them in’?” […]
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