FIRST ON FOX: U.S.District Judge Christopher Cooper is facing a judicial misconduct complaint from a conservative watchdog group, which argues he should have recused himself from a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the Kennedy Center.The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) alleged that Cooper should have bowed out of the case because his wife, Amy Jeffress, has a history of representing what the group described as "anti-Trump" clients.
In May, Cooper ruled against Trump by permanently blocking the renaming of the Kennedy Center after Rep.Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed a lawsuit.CASA filed a complaint with the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday, alleging Cooper failed to disclose or recuse himself despite what it called significant financial and professional interests stemming from his wife's involvement in litigation against Trump."CASA is filing a judicial complaint against Obama-appointed DC District Court Judge Christopher Cooper for his potentially unethical behavior after his failure to recuse himself from the frivolous Kennedy Center lawsuit filed against President Trump, given his wife's financial interests in opposing President Trump's agenda through litigation," CASA Director of Research and Policy Curtis Schube said in a statement.JUDGE WITH INTIMATE TIES TO DEM PARTY'S KEY RUSSIA HOAX PLAYERS BEHIND LATEST ANTI-TRUMP DECISIONA composite photo shows a worker on a lift at the John F.Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, alongside U.S.
District Judge Christopher Cooper, who ruled that President Donald Trump's name be removed from the building.(Getty / and the U.S.
District Court of D.C.)The complaint comes more than a week after Trump slammed Cooper for having a "conflict of interest," pointing to Cooper's wife, Amy Jeffress', track record of representing Trump's biggest foes, including former anti-Trump FBI lawyer Lisa Page, and currently representing former President Joe ...