Trump administration seeks to punish judges who spoke to media

The US Justice Department asked a court Wednesday to punish federal judges in Minnesota who spoke to the media and criticized aggressive raids carried out in that state by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It was the latest twist in a clash between the Trump administration and federal judges who have at times thwarted his drive to deport millions of immigrants lacking residency papers.
On September 17, The New York Times published an article that quoted Judge Patrick Schiltz, the chief judge at Minnesota’s federal district court during a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids last winter in Minneapolis, and six of the judge’s colleagues on the bench.
Schiltz ha...