'Can't take the heat': Judges fire back at Trump after he targets colleague

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 23, 2026 · 5m

What happened

AlterNet reports that fellow federal judges and former colleagues defended U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes after President Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic” amid litigation over allegedly unlawful renovations at Washington’s East Potomac Golf Course. Retired federal judge Paul Grimm said that officials who object to judicial scrutiny should be prepared to “take the heat.”

Reyes rejected the administration’s effort to disqualify her for alleged bias, answering the accusation with the court record. She noted that she had repeatedly credited government lawyers’…