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Trump's DOJ takes its fight with federal judges to Minnesota

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The Justice Department filed a complaint against a group of federal judges from Minnesota for speaking to The New York Times about the impact of the immigration enforcement surge on their court. The big picture: The complaint opens a new front in the Trump administration's standoff with federal judg

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All five outlets frame the story as a Justice Department misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges, and all mention the judges’ New York Times interviews as the trigger. CNN foregrounds Todd Blanche’s allegation that the judges are biased and politicizing the legal system, while CNBC says the department is seeking their recusal from DHS cases. The Washington Post is the only one to note one judge’s public defense of speaking out, and The Hill alone calls the move a step to censure both a former and a sitting judge.

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