NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

Federal Judge Michael H. Simon, the husband of Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, has recused himself from a case involving a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s move to call Oregon National Guard troops into federal service.

Simon, who was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon by President Barack Obama, was initially assigned to preside over the case that the state of Oregon and the city of Portland lodged against President Donald Trump, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Department of War, the Department of Homeland Security, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

But a court filing for the defendants suggested that the judge should recuse himself from the case, pointing to his wife’s vociferous opposit

See Full Page