The judge, like the first one, wants to know why there is a switch, which would hold things up?
(We KNOW WHY….Trump’s wants loyal political people on the case instead of career civil servants)
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) bid to swap attorneys working on a case involving the census citizenship question, the second judge to do so in as many days.
Judge George Hazel wrote that he agrees with the other judge’s “well-reasoned order” rejecting the Trump administration’s proposed change in legal teams, saying that “a shift in counsel at this late stage may be disruptive to an already complicated and expedited case.”
Hazel, an Obama appointee, said he would ultimately be open to allowing the DOJ lawyers to leave the case and ruled in a way that allows the request to be made again. However, he added that “under the unique circumstances of this request, more specific assurances will first need to be provided.”…
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Remember us taxpayers ( the judge included) are paying for this dance by Trump’s political people over in the Justice Dept.