Top Justice Department official asks Minnesota judges to step aside from immigration cases

DOJ seeks to remove 2 Minnesota judges from cases over public immigration remarks

MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department is asking to disqualify two federal judges in Minnesota from presiding over a pair of cases regarding citizenship and illegal voting, challenging their impartiality in the matters.

DOJ tries to boot judge who criticized Trump on immigration from hearing noncitizen voting case

The Justice Department has filed a motion to have U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minnesota recuse himself from hearing a criminal case charging a man with illegally casting a ballot as a noncitizen, saying he's shown himself to be a headline-chasing jurist.

DOJ Wants Judges Kicked Off of Immigration-Related Cases Over Crackdown Comments

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward argued in court filings that the judges’ “improper political commentary” raised doubts about their ability to fairly adjudicate the cases.

Top Justice Department official asks Minnesota judges to step aside from immigration cases

A top official at the Justice Department is attempting to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of cases related to immigration.