Top Republican Elise Stefanik demands Ethics Probe into D.C. Judge who's Ruled in Trump's January 6 Case after she said his re-election would 'lead to fascism' in America and said 'lies' caused Capitol Riot
Top Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik filed a judiciary complaint accusing the judge in
Donald Trump's
January 6 case of engaging in 'highly inappropriate political speech.'
The staunch Trump ally and
GOP conference chair requested an ethics investigation into D.C. Circuit Court Judge Beryl Howell over her November remarks at the Women's White Collar Defense Gala.
During the address Howell signaled the January 6
Capitol riot had been the result of 'big lies.'
'My D.C. judicial colleagues and I regularly see the impact of big lies at the sentencing of hundreds, hundreds of individuals who have been convicted for offense conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, when they disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol,' Howell said while accepting an award at the event last month.
Howell supervised Special Counsel Jack Smith's federal indictment of Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the
2020 election - and previously instructed the grand jury in the Mueller probe.
She is also presiding over former Trump attorney
Rudy Giuliani's defamation trial - where two
Georgia election workers are seeking $47 million and arguing Giuliani played an outsized role in 'eviscerating' their reputations because he falsely accused them of committing election fraud.
Stefanik also pointed to a point in the address where Howell referenced a book by Heather Cox Richardson, 'Democracy Awakening,' that said the U.S. was 'at a crossroads, teetering on the brink of authoritarianism.'
'Howell gave a highly inappropriate speech in which she insinuated the election of President Trump will lead to fascism in America,' Stefanik said in a statement on X.
The staunch Trump ally and GOP conference chair requested an ethics investigation into D.C. Circuit Court Judge Beryl Howell over her November remarks at the Women's White Collar Defense Gala
During an address Judge Beryl Howell signaled the January 5 Capitol riot had been the result of 'big lies.'
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