“I write today to express my serious concerns about, and request an ethics investigation of, DC US District Judge Beryl Howell for her highly inappropriate political speech she gave last month, at which she suggested reelecting President Trump will lead to fascism in America. As outlined in detail below, Judge Howell’s partisan speech is obviously highly inappropriate election interference by a federal judge that undermines the public’s trust in our courts. Moreover, the public display of the cozy personal relationships between Judge Howell and her partisan friends who appear before her undermines public trust in judicial independence, in violation of Canon 2B.1.”

“Judge Howell, after becoming the chief judge of the DC District Court in 2016 before stepping down on March 17, 2023, supervised the DC grand jury and other legal proceedings against President Donald J Trump, his top aides, and his supporters on January 6th. This included Judge Howell’s supervision of the discredited Mueller probe that substantially interfered with the Trump presidency, along with then-Chief Judge Howell’s supervision of Biden Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations that resulted in two unprecedented and highly controversial indictments of a former President of the United States and the leading presidential candidate for 2024,” writes malevolent razorback Elise Stefanik in a complaint to DC Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan.

She doesn’t mention Rudy, but the timing that this is coming on the day when the jury in his trial, which is overseen by Howell, could end up dinging him for $43 million or more for defaming two innocent Black women simply for working in the 2020 election is less than ideal.