Hungarian judges face media ‘smears’ after meeting US ambassador

Colleagues come to defence of pair subjected to coordinated attack' over meeting last month

Hungary's leading judges have launched a defence of two colleagues who say they have faced a full-scale smear campaign" by state-supporting media after the pair met the US ambassador.

The US embassy in Budapest has also spoken out against a coordinated media attack" on the judges that it said was an effort to instil fear" in anyone wishing to engage with the US government.