Judge Recuses Himself From Ariz. ‘Fake Electors’ Case

Judge Recuses Himself From Ariz. 'Fake Electors' Case

Judge Recuses Himself From Ariz. ‘Fake Electors’ Case

An Arizona judge announced Tuesday that he is recusing himself from the state’s election subversion case against fake electors after he sent an email urging colleagues to call out attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, The Hill reported.

Maricopa County Judge Bruce Cohen had been asked to step aside by defense attorneys after he said in an Aug. 29 email that he regretted not speaking out when critics of Harris called her a “DEI hire” and that his “blood boiled” after President-elect Trump made a sexual joke about Harris and Hillary Clinton, the Hill said.

“It is time for me to state my piece or be complicit in the depravity,” he wrote, according to court filings.

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