AL Political Reporter: “A committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference ruled last week that U.S. Circuit Court Judge Bill Pryor and U.S. District Court Judge Corey Maze – both of Alabama – should be investigated for their decisions to hire a law clerk who made overtly racist comments in her past.
The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability ruled that a committee must be formed to consider misconduct allegations against Maze and Pryor, and to investigate if they were aware of comments allegedly made by Crystal Clanton. In a text message allegedly from Clanton, she told colleagues at Talking Point USA, a conservative student group, that she hated Black people.
“I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like f— them all,” Clanton wrote in 2015 to a fellow employee.
The allegations against Maze and Pryor were tossed out by the judicial counsel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January, but the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability ordered it sent back to the 2nd with explicit instructions to find out if Clanton made the statements and if the judges were aware of them.”