Trump-Appointed Judge Faces Charges Over Parking Lot Altercation
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- Judge Ryan D.
- Nelson, a Trump appointee to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is charged with battery and malicious property damage after a parking dispute in Idaho where he allegedly seized and destroyed a man's glasses.
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Judge Nelson, appointed by Trump in 2018, has no prior judicial experience and has been involved in previous traffic incidents.
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Idaho is facing criminal charges after a heated confrontation over parking which saw him snatch a man’s glasses from his face and stomp on them, according to reports. Judge Ryan D. Nelson, who sits on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is facing one misdemeanor count of battery and one of malicious injury to property for allegedly knocking another man’s glasses off his head and throwing them across the parking lot during the incident, The Idaho State Journal reported. ... (Full article text preserved with paragraph breaks)
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