Calling the situation a “mess,” a retired judge argued in court Friday for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s hate-crime case.
Read moreAttorney General William Barr will not recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel’s Russia probe after consulting with senior ethics officials, the Justice Department said Monday.
Read moreThe Pennsylvania judge presiding over a police-shooting case agreed to hold a hearing next week on whether a cable news interview he gave after the shooting requires him to recuse himself.
Read moreVisibly emotional as he delivered his ruling, the judge overseeing Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault prosecution refused to step aside Thursday based on bias claims over his wife’s work.
Read morePlaintiffs who questioned the impartiality of Ohio’s chief justice last year, in one of the largest medical malpractice case in the state’s history, are fighting for changes in the state’s recusal rules after failing to disqualify a trial judge overseeing their cases.
Read morePresident Donald Trump directed his White House counsel to tell Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit ruled unanimously Wednesday that a military judge must recuse himself from hearing the government’s appeal to reinstate charges against the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Read moreAs implied at a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge James Donato on Monday denied anti-abortion activist David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress’s motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge William Orrick from proceedings surrounding their release of videos depicting meetings with abortion providers, which violated a court order.
Read moreA federal judge indicated Thursday he will likely nix an anti-abortion activist’s push to disqualify a judge who was weighing contempt charges against him for violating a court order.
Read moreTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton made his fourth request Monday evening to remove the judge overseeing his criminal securities fraud case, this time with a Dallas appeals court that refused to dismiss the case against him last year.
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruled in favor of a convicted double murderer Monday, finding that Nevada’s highest court did not properly consider the risk of bias stemming from the trial judge’s refusal to recuse himself during a bribery investigation.
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