US EditionSenator Urges DOJ To Investigate Anonymous Pizza Deliveries To Judges
- Senator Dick Durbin urged the Justice Department and FBI on Tuesday to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries made to federal judges' homes across the U.S.
- The deliveries started in mid to late February amid escalating legal disputes involving the Trump administration and seem to be linked to efforts aimed at intimidating judges overseeing those cases.
- Multiple judges, including a prominent federal judge based in Washington, D.C., received repeated unsolicited pizza deliveries containing threatening notes, some of which were placed using the name of Daniel Anderl, the son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, who was tragically killed in 2020.
- Durbin described the deliveries as threats meant to prove that the sender knows judges' or their families' addresses and requested a report by May 20 on suspects, prosecutions, and coordination efforts.
- The incidents raise concerns about judicial independence and safety, prompting ongoing investigations by the U.S. Marshals Service and calls to sustain or increase judicial protective staffing amid a broader pattern of intimidation.
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Judge threatened – with unwanted pizza
US judges who have ruled on cases challenging Trump administration policies are facing harassment. Hundreds of unwanted pizza deliveries are described as psychological warfare. “This is an affront to democracy,” says one judge.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Pizza orders sent to judges ruling on Trump cases prompt ‘fear and intimidation’
U.S. Marshals Service is tracking threatening deliveries
Judges Say Pizza Deliveries Are Meant to Intimidate
“Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists’ homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least seven states, prompting increased security concerns and a demand from a Senate leader for a Justice Department investigation,” the Washington Post reports. “Many of the deliveries have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s policies.”
Fake pizza orders sent to judges seen as threat to judicial safety
Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists’ homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least seven states, prompting increased security concerns and a demand from a Senate leader for a Justice Department investigation.
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