Attorney Matthew Fakhoury last week filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over a case, accusing the judge of making racist remarks about Middle Eastern men, along with other derogatory comments.
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The assistant state’s attorneys turned over to Fakhoury a disclosure of the reported ex parte communication, as per their obligations in such a situation, according to an exhibit included in the affidavit. Hooks referenced his service as a Marine, and said, according to the motion, while looking at Fakhoury who is Arab-American: “I would shoot and kill men like that from Middle Eastern countries.”
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