US judges alarmed over rise in violent threats as Trump and Musk lambast them
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#6VQQ7)
Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts reveal mounting concern over their security
US Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, said several judges with knowledge of the warnings.
In recent weeks, Musk, congressional Republicans and other top allies of Donald Trump have called for the impeachment of some federal judges or attacked their integrity in response to court rulings that have slowed the Trump administration's moves to dismantle entire government agencies and fire tens of thousands of workers.
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