"“DOJ has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case,” said Judge Mary McElroy in a ruling this week, quashing one of the DOJ's subpoenas. “It has misrepresented and withheld information to both this Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the 'Texas court'). It did so in an obvious effort to shield its recent investigative tactics-previously rejected by every other court to review them-from this Court's review, in favor of a distant forum that DOJ deems friendly to its political positions.”"
"“Since July 2025, the DOJ has issued over 20 civil subpoenas to hospitals requesting patient information, several of which have been quashed by judges who have dismissed them as fishing expeditions and attempts to intimidate trans people, their providers, and their families. That led the DOJ to seek a judge in the Northern District of Texas to enforce its subpoena against Rhode Island Hospital, nearly 2,000 miles away. While they received the order, it has since been quashed by U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy.”"
"“This week, it was revealed that Trump's DOJ was escalating further by having gone to a grand jury to obtain criminal subpoenas against multiple institutions to request extensive data on trans patients. Criminal subpoenas require a grand jury to issue them, and noncompliance can lead to jail time and set a higher bar for quashing.”"
The DOJ issued subpoenas to hospitals seeking full, detailed, non-anonymized information about gender-affirming care provided to minors since 2020. The subpoenas were obtained through alleged misleading court filings and judge shopping to secure favorable venues. Judges quashed multiple civil subpoenas, describing them as fishing expeditions and attempts to intimidate trans people, providers, and families. The DOJ then sought enforcement in the Northern District of Texas against Rhode Island Hospital, nearly 2,000 miles away, but the order was quashed by U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy. The DOJ escalated further by using a grand jury to obtain criminal subpoenas targeting multiple institutions for extensive trans patient data, where noncompliance could lead to jail time.
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