In a notable win for the Trump administration’s election integrity push, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced that a federal judge in Georgia has recused herself from the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking access to the state’s voter rolls.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross follows a DOJ motion highlighting concerns over her impartiality after she attended a campaign event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
If Willis sounds familiar, there's a reason. Willis led the high-profile prosecution of Trump and others in Georgia over 2020 election matters.
The judge, an Obama appointee who had faced prior judicial sanctions tied to the event, issued the recusal order despite initially declining to step aside voluntarily.
Honestly, we're shocked she did it.
Judge Ross has granted our motion to recuse in the Georgia voter rolls litigation.
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) June 16, 2026
5 page order: pic.twitter.com/cbuDf9q4hw
HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!
And the final —
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) June 16, 2026
Glad to see that our specific legal arguments and common sense prevailed in this motion. pic.twitter.com/pTD1zA4Biz
Especially the common sense piece. It's so rare to see that from a Democrat these days.
With Judge Ross stepping aside, the case now heads to a new jurist—free from the taint of partisan connections—and underscores that even Obama-era judges must answer when conflicts of interest arise. As Dhillon and her team continue pressing forward, it’s a clear signal that the days of unchecked judicial coziness with Democratic prosecutors like Fani Willis may finally be numbered.
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OUTSTANDING WORK!!!
— Santa Surfing (@SantaSurfing) June 16, 2026
Level justice playing field now?
We can only hope.
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