Marshals' Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges

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Data gathered by the law enforcement agency responsible for judicial security showed 162 judges faced threats between March 1 and April 14.
By Mattathias Schwartz
Mattathias Schwartz reports on the federal judiciary.

"...In the five-month period leading up to March 1 of this year, 80 individual judges had received threats, the data shows.

Then, over the next six weeks, an additional 162 judges received threats, a dramatic increase. That spike in threats coincided with a flood of harsh rhetoric — often from Mr. Trump himself — criticizing judges who have ruled against the administration and, in some cases, calling on Congress to impeach them....

Between April 14 and May 27, it shows 35 additional individual judges received threats. Still, the total number of judges threatened this fiscal year — 277 — represents roughly a third of the judiciary.

The threat data was not released publicly but was provided to The New York Times by Judge Esther Salas of Federal District Court for New Jersey, who said she obtained it from the Marshals Service, which is tasked by law with overseeing security for the judiciary...

Some judges who have ruled against the administration have received unwelcome pizza deliveries at their homes, and at the homes of their family members. The authorities are investigating the matter. Judge Salas said she had learned from the marshals that 103 pizzas had been sent anonymously, including 20 in the name of her dead son."

Full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/federal-judges-threats.html?searchResultPosition=1

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