SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A longtime Utah judge has been suspended without pay for six months after making critical comments online and in court about President Donald Trump, including a post bashing his 'inability to govern and political incompetence.'
1 / 2FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, Judge Michael Kwan talks with a defendant during drug court in Taylorsville, Utah. Kwan, a longtime Utah judge has been suspended without pay for six months for comments he made online and in court criticizing President Donald Trump that the state's supreme court determined violated the judicial code of conduct.
He was first appointed by elected city officials to a six-year term and was retained in the position by voters. Like many people after the 2016 election, Kwan felt strongly about the results and said some things"in haste," Skordas said."He certainly regrets making those statements and is committed to not doing anything like that again," Skordas said.
The next month, he posted:"Welcome to the beginning of the fascist takeover. . . We need to be diligent in questioning Congressional Republicans if they are going to be the American Reichstag and refuse to stand up for the Constitution." "OK. Prayer might be the answer cause he just signed an order to start building the wall and he has no money to do that," Kwan said."But don't worry, there is a tax cut for the wealthy so if you make over $500,000 you're getting a tax cut."
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