Judge refuses DOJ’s demand to step aside from golf course hearing
Judge Ana Reyes said the government showed no legal basis for recusal and noted she had denied plaintiffs’ requests for a seven-hour deposition of Hegseth.
- On Sunday, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes denied the Trump administration's motion to recuse her from overseeing litigation over tree-clearing at the East Potomac Golf Course.
- The Department of the Interior sought her removal after she blocked tree removal at the park last week, accusing Reyes of 'histrionics' and bias against the administration.
- Administration lawyers cited her remarks regarding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's schedule and her questioning of government attorneys' intelligence as evidence of judicial bias.
- Reyes dismissed the motion as 'baseless,' noting she had denied plaintiffs' requests for relief nearly a dozen times before intervening in the case.
- Following his Sunday announcement to redevelop the course for major tournaments, Trump attacked Reyes on Truth Social without using her name, escalating the conflict.
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Judge who yelled at DOJ lawyers won't give up Trump golf course case; says she can be fair
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that she give up a case involving the golf course on the National Mall, insisting she is not biased against the president and his team.
Judge refuses DOJ’s demand to step aside from golf course hearing
A federal judge refused the Justice Department’s (DOJ) demand to step aside from a key hearing on Monday over the future of East Potomac Park, which President Trump wants to renovate into a championship-style golf course. The Trump administration has accused U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of bias after she yelled at a government attorney last week…
‘He has time to tweet’: Hegseth skewered in court as fed-up judge refuses to back down
A federal judge took a sharp swipe at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to remove her from an unrelated case. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the remark in a footnote to a 13-page opinion filed Sunday denying a motion to disqualify her from a lawsuit over the administration’s tree-clearing at Washington’s East Potomac Golf Course, and she blew off complaints about her earlier jab at Hegseth's busy s…
Trump Rages Against 'Crazed Lunatic' Judge Ana Reyes
President Trump lost it on the federal judge opposed to the government's work to improve a public golf course in Washington, D.C., in a social media screed. The post Trump Rages Against ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Judge Who Halted Potomac Golf Course Work in Early-Morning Truth Social Tirade first appeared on Mediaite.
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