Federal judge who said he retired to fight Trump was reportedly subject of misconduct probe

""probable cause to believe that misconduct had occurred""

""cognizable misconduct includes: ... treating litigants, attorneys, judicial employees, or others in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner; or ... creating a hostile work environment for judicial employees.""

""The White House's assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," he wrote."

Records from the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals show Chief Circuit Judge David Barron found "probable cause to believe that misconduct had occurred" after a limited inquiry that included interviews with the unnamed judge and the judge's former law clerk. The inquiry concerned allegations that the judge violated a rule prohibiting creation of a hostile work environment for judicial employees. Barron concluded that further action on the complaint was unnecessary because of intervening events, identified as the judge's resignation. A Judicial Council panel agreed. NPR and The Boston Globe identified the judge as former senior U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf, who resigned and later wrote that the White House's actions compelled him to speak out.

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