U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, said several judges with knowledge of the warnings.
In recent weeks, Musk, congressional Republicans and other top allies of U.S. President Donald Trump have called for the impeachment of some federal judges or attacked their integrity in response to court rulings that have slowed the Trump administration’s moves to dismantle entire government agencies and fire tens of thousands of workers.
Musk, the world’s richest person, has lambasted judges in more than 30 posts since the end of January on his social media site X, calling them “corrupt,” “radical,” “evil” and deriding the “TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY” after judges blocked parts of the federal downsizing that he’s led. The Tesla CEO has also reposted nearly two dozen tweets by others attacking judges.
Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts revealed mounting alarm over their physical security and, in some cases, a rise in violent threats in recent weeks. Most spoke on condition of anonymity and said they did not want to further inflame the situation or make comments that could be interpreted as conflicting with their duties of impartiality. The Marshals Service declined to comment on security matters.
It makes me sick thinking of all the people who believe and support the lies coming out of this administration. We democratically voted in favor of fascism because we’re a nation of entitled lazy-ass mouth breathers.
I still genuinely believe that the vast majority of Americans want the same things to a large degree. But it’s not possible to observe or negotiate this because we keep electing people and supporting media organizations that are intent on dividing us for their own profit and power.
So instead of deuptizing Musk’s bodyguards the Marshals need to be enforcing laws against threatening judges.
Pretty sure threatening judges is a crime, so those receiving the threats should use their authority to act in response to shut it down.
Revoke the citizenship of racist, data-stealing fascist terrorist M$$k & deport his pathetic butt back to his father’s emerald mine in South Africa already
Elmo sure has a lot of turbulent priests that need attending to…
Won’t someone rid me of this meddlesome techbro
And this is what blows my mind with the Republican politicians supporting him. All it takes is one thing to disagree on and next thing you know you are a traitor. I’m sure they’ll go after SCOTUS next for their USAID ruling. That’s literally how cults work. Either you are 100% in 100% of the time, or you are out. They all want a slice of the pie or to not get “vaporized” during the process, but they need to realize this alliance is as fragile as Elmo’s masculinity. All you gotta do is Google what happened to the people that got certain dictators into power to know what you are in for. Giving 50 fucking standing ovations for meaningless bullshit during the State of the Union address won’t mean shit when you are not useful to them anymore.
I’m glad judges are familiar with the Second Amendment.
