A Cook County judge accused of making racist remarks and 'witness interference and tampering' has now been removed from judicial duties.
Lawyer Matthew Fakhoury said Cook County Judge William Hooks made racist comments about his client, Ryan Thomas, in a domestic abuse case.A Cook County judge accused of making racist remarks and "witness interference and tampering" has now been removed from judicial duties.
On Thursday, the Cook County Circuit Court executive committee responded with a special order authorizing an investigation by the court system's Judicial Inquiry Board and "assigning Judge Hooks to restricted duties or duties other than judicial duties." "I would shoot and kill men like that from Middle Eastern countries," Hooks continued, referring to his military service, the motion states. Fakhoury requested a new judge, arguing Hooks couldn't be fair and impartial, and Hooks removed himself from the case.
Hooks then saw another prosecutor last week at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse and tried to speak with him in chambers, telling him, "I just wanted to say about this whole situation, I hope you know I did not threaten to kill that man," according to a disclosure statement filed by the state's attorney's office.
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