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US judge no longer safe under Trump-hires protection privately
Federal judge are concerned that Donald Trump as a retaliation for judgments against his government US marshalsthat could protect them. And consider in view of the increasing threat to the judiciary to organize their own security forces.
Reflections on your own security structure
The Wall Street Journal reportedthat Judge at the beginning of March at the semi -annual meeting of the Judicial Conference, the national decision -making body of the federal courts, discussed an idea behind closed doors. You want to set up your own safety department. Members of the security committee described the increasing threats after Trump’s attacks.
Precede cases for withdrawal of personal protection
The fears of the judiciary before Trump’s retaliation are not unfounded. In the past, the President has already seen people he regarded as his enemies, Personal protection withdrawn. Including his former Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo. Also the former national security advisor John Bolton. Trump recently also Protection by the Secret Service for the adult children of the former President Joe Biden.
The Democrats in Congress share the concerns of the judges. Under the leadership of Senator Cory Booker Have one last week Draft law brought in. This would transfer control over the US Marshals from the executive to the judiciary. In this way, the Supreme Court of Court and the judicial conference can appoint a director.
“President Trump made it clear through his words and deeds that he did not respect the law, judicial orders, the security of our judges and our institutions,” said Booker in a statement. “The congress has to act. Simply to transfer the authority into the judiciary. Our US Marshals are of crucial importance for the protection of the rule of law. And must be able to do their work without political interference.”
Law initiative to strengthen judicial security
According to a Examination of Reuters have to deal with at least eleven families of federal judges for judgments against the Trump government with violent threats or harassment. The US district judge Royce Lamberth has several threats of murder received to his house. Someone sent a Swat team to the house of the US district judge John Coughenour after he had lifted one of Trump’s dispositions. In an email to the judge’s sister at the Supreme Court of Amy Coney Barrett it was claimed that there was a pipe bomb in her mailbox. Whereby itself This message as a false report.
The police said other households that are connected to Barrett, tried pizza deliveries have received. Many judges and their families were harassed by pizza deliveries to their home addresses. What you interpret as a message that your critics know where you live. According to a Examination of Reuters have to deal with at least eleven families of federal judges for judgments against the Trump government with violent threats or harassment.
Psychological warfare through harassment
Threats against judges and their families “are ultimately threats to the constitutional government. It is that simple,” the US federal judge Richard Sullivan told Reuters.
Leading personalities of the extreme right – including The President,, Vice President JD Vance,, Elon Musk,, The Press spokeswoman of the White House Karoline Leavitt and Republican legislature – have judges and their families openly attacked if judges have liked to have judgments against the government.
The Trump government even has proceeded directly against a judge. And the district judge Hannah Dugan from Milwaukee, under the accusation, arrested that she had helped an undocumented immigrant to escape the arrest. Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated that Dugan was “disturbed”. And consider himself “standing above the law”.
An official of the Ministry of Justice said that the federal police would “continue to guarantee the security of the federal judges”.
Escalation by the Trump government
“Every hint of the opposite is not only absurd, but wrong,” the official in a statement to the journal From the white house.
Despite increasing threats, the funds and staff for the US Marshals have stagnated in recent years. The safety of the courthouse also needs more funds, judges told the Journal.
US judge no longer safe under Trump-hires protection privately
Since the presidential election in 2020, threats have escalated against prosecutors and judges. Murder threats, intimidation, doxxing and nuisance are becoming increasingly common. Ronald Davis, former director of the US Marshals, Said opposite ABC News in February in February that the threats against judges have increased to an “alarming extent”.
Government contradicts allegations – with restrictions
According to the US Marshals, the number of judges who received threats has more than doubled between 2019 and 2024. The presiding judge of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, wrote in his Annual report 2024 from a “significant increase in identified threats at all levels of the judiciary”. Since then, Trump and his followers have only reinforced their anger towards the judiciary, since judges judgments against the Immigration policy the government, Try, the Bunding to decimateand much more.
According to a study by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAAHE), which was published at the beginning of this month, the anti-justice-based rhetoric rose on the Internet between May 2024 and March 2025 around 327 percent. The results of the study “indicate that an increase in anti -democratic statements by prominent American personalities of the extreme rights probably caused extremists on social media to also attack the judiciary. Which led to a strong increase in violent statements and demands after the elevation of judges on several platforms”.
Anti -democratic rhetoric as a fire accelerator
According to a study published in March Gpahe in the first two months of this year by 90 percent. The threats on Truth Social, the President’s platform, almost doubled (increase of 94 percent).