'Welcome to the beginning of the fascist takeover': Utah judge suspended for bashing Trump
In 2010, Judge Michael Kwan talks with a defendant during court in Taylorsville, Utah. By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow May 25 at 11:16 AM The Utah Supreme Court suspended a judge for six months without pay this week over disparaging remarks he made about President Trump online and in his courtroom.
Kwan said he was attempting to be funny, not rude, according to a footnote in the Supreme Court’s opinion, written by Justice John A. Pearce. Three days after Trump’s victory, Kwan wrote on social media, “Think I’ll go to the shelter to adopt a cat before the President-Elect grabs them all,” in apparent reference to the infamous Access Hollywood tape in which Trump mused about grabbing women “by the pussy.”
The court ruled Kwan violated the sections of the code of conduct that require judges to be “patient, dignified and courteous” and also the portion that bans a judge from making comments that would undermine public confidence in his “independence, integrity and impartiality.” “Repeated instances of misconduct are serious matters, which may render a judge not only subject to suspension, but also to removal from office,” Pearce wrote. “Judge Kwan’s behavior denigrates his reputation as an impartial, independent, dignified, and courteous jurist who takes no advantage of the office in which he serves.”
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