(NewsNation) — A judge in the Luigi Mangione case for the killing of Brian Thompson, the former United Healthcare CEO, ordered that comments made by the Department of Justice may have violated the law when they talked about the case publicly.

U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett detailed in her order filed on Wednesday that “multiple employees” at the DOJ could have broken Local Criminal Rule 23.1, a federal rule.

The Judge wrote, “The rule goes on to state that any opinion as to the accused guilt or innocence or as to the merits of the case of the evidence in the case is a matter that presumptively involves such a substantial likelihood.”

“Two high-ranking staff members of the Department of Justice, including within the Office of Attorney General, appear to be in direct violation of

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