Obama-appointed judge at center of Trump's anti-weaponization fund case hit with misconduct claim

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is asking the Judicial Conference of the United States to investigate a Florida federal judge, alleging misconduct. Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, and Rep. Darrell Issa of California, who chairs the panel's courts subcommittee, jointly sent the request about Judge Kathleen Williams, who was appointed by Barack Obama and sits in the Southern District of Florida. Their complaint centers on sanctions she imposed on two lawyers for President Donald Trump, according to Fox News.

The sanctions grew out of a suit against the IRS. Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization sought $10 billion after an agency contractor, Charles Littlejohn, leaked the president's tax returns to the press; Littlejohn received a five-year prison term. Trump dropped the case in May. Soon afterward, the administration announced a settlement that set aside $1. 776 billion for an anti-weaponization fund aimed at people targeted by Biden administration lawfare, and promised Trump an apology and protection from IRS audits for his family and himself.

In July, Williams concluded the plaintiffs had gamed the courts to reach that deal.

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