Last Friday, Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of United States District Court said that related materials, including Trump University procedures on dealing with students and the news media, should be unsealed. Judge Orders Documents Unsealed in Trump University Lawsuit.
Donald Trump, as is his wont, went on a terrible-threes tirade:
“I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump,” Mr. Trump said.
“We’re in front of a very hostile judge. The judge was appointed by Barack Obama,” Trump said, adding that he believed Judge Curiel was Mexican.
Judge Curiel is an American who was born in East Chicago, Indiana.
Legal scholars said that Mr. Trump could face consequences for his criticisms.
“Mr. Trump’s conduct could be subject to sanction for indirect criminal contempt of court,” said Charles G. Geyh, a legal ethics expert at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.
“He has impugned the honesty of the judge in a pending case,” Mr. Geyh said, “and has done so in the context of a political rally that seems calculated to intimidate by inciting anger among his supporters.”
Didn’t consider that, did you Donny?