Multiple judges have been swatted, harassed, and targeted with ominous pizza deliveries, which are intended as a "we know where you live" message.
Amid rising tensions between the Trump administration and the judiciary, some federal judges are beginning to discuss the idea of managing their own armed security force.
The notion came up in a series of closed-door meetings in early March, when a group of roughly 50 judges met in Washington for a semiannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, a policymaking body for the federal judiciary. There, members of a security committee spoke about threats emerging as President Trump stepped up criticism of those who rule against his policies.
Multiple judges have been swatted, harassed, and targeted with ominous pizza deliveries, which are intended as a "we know where you live" message.
Judge John Coughenour of the Western District of Washington, who had the SWAT team called on him, called the proposal to move the Marshals under judiciary a “wonderful idea.”
“There’s never been any reason in the 43 years that I’ve been on the bench to worry that the Marshals Service would do whatever was appropriate—until recent years,” Coughenour said.
Trump, whose sister was a longtime federal judge, initially proceeded more carefully (than Musk and Vance), saying he would abide by judges’ rulings. But in mid-March, after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the administration couldn’t summarily deport Venezuelan migrants, the president’s tone changed.
“This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on March 18.
Multiple judges have been swatted, harassed, and targeted with ominous pizza deliveries, which are intended as a "we know where you live" message.