US EditionSenator Urges DOJ To Investigate Anonymous Pizza Deliveries To Judges
- Senator Dick Durbin urged the Justice Department and FBI on May 6, 2025, to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries sent to federal judges' homes nationwide.
- These deliveries began in late February 2025 amid increasing threats targeting judges, including some sent under the name of the late son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, who was killed at their family residence in 2020.
- The deliveries were aimed at judges from various judicial tiers, encompassing Supreme Court justices and their family members, often accompanied by threatening messages such as "I know where you live" to intimidate those involved.
- Durbin characterized the anonymous pizza deliveries as a form of intimidation meant to demonstrate that those responsible have access to the addresses of the judges or their family members, and he requested a response by May 20 detailing whether any suspects have been identified.
- The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating the matter with unspecified roles for the DOJ and FBI, while judges have expressed concern about the threats and called for stronger judicial protections.
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'Lives are at stake': Judge whose son was murdered urges leaders to end hostile rhetoric
A report from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism found threats and calls for impeachment against judges have risen by 327 percent between May 2024 and March 2025. One federal judge knows how real the violence can be. Judge Esther Salas’s son was killed by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a delivery driver at her home, according to police. Salas joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the threats.
LETTER: Without the rule of law, we invite chaos
Threats and intimidation targeting our judiciary are not just headlines – it is a clear attempt to influence the independent rule of law. Consider the sinister act of sending a pizza to the home of a judge or their family – an unmistakable signal that says, “We don’t like your decision, and we know where you live.” Alongside this, we’ve seen threatening messages escalate into the image of a judge handcuffed and arrested by immigration officers, …
‘It's Unsettling’: Judges Terrorized with Pizzas Ordered in Slain Son’s Name — Chilling New Tactic in Trump Allies’ War on the Courts
U.S. Circuit Court Judge J. Michelle Childs has received seven free pizza deliveries since February at her Washington, D.C., home. She believes it’s no coincidence that, during that time, she was presiding over a case involving President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the head of an agency protecting whistleblowers. “It’s unsettling because I’d like to go to work every day, even with the hardest case, just feeling like there’s no sense of intimi…
Federal Judges Ruling Against Trump Report Intimidation Campaign of Unsolicited Pizza Deliveries to Their Homes
Federal judges across several states are being delivered unsolicited pizza orders — an act of harassment and attempted intimidation, they say, from people who are unhappy with their rulings involving President Donald Trump. The U.S. Marshals Service has been tracking such deliveries since February. Although the agency hasn’t divulged details on how prevalent they are… Source
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