The Department of Justice is moving to boot U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross — an Obama appointee sitting in the Northern District of Georgia — from a Georgia election-records case, and the reason why reads like a daytime soap opera that even Bravo would reject. Turns out Judge Ross was too busy having an extramarital affair with a high-ranking law enforcement officer to bother with pesky things like judicial ethics.
But sure, she was totally impartial on election integrity. Nothing to see here, folks.
The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability issued a private reprimand against Ross on February 11, 2026, after finding she had engaged in an extramarital affair, had sexual intercourse in her own chambers during business hours — within earshot of her staff — attended a partisan political event, and made false statements to both the Chief Circuit Judge and the Chief District Judge. That's not a judicial misconduct finding. That's a bingo card from hell.
Let that sink in. A federal judge — appointed by Barack Obama — was lying to her superiors, sneaking around her own courthouse for afternoon romps, and showing up at partisan political events. And we're supposed to trust her rulings on election cases?
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The DOJ formally requested that Judge Ross recuse herself from the election-records case, and frankly, "recuse" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when "resign in disgrace" would be more appropriate. The Committee's own findings noted that it was only "happenstance" — not any effort on Ross's part — that prevented conflicts of interest with the police department connected to her paramour.
As journalist Andy Ngo and researcher Matt Van Swol have highlighted, the scandal's severity extends beyond just this case. Ross's name also surfaced in connection with the Todd Chrisley case, raising even more questions about just how far her judicial misconduct stretches.
The reprimand, by the way, was supposed to be private. Because of course it was. When an Obama judge gets caught doing everything short of setting the Constitution on fire, the system's first instinct is to bury it. But the findings themselves are public, and they paint a picture of a judge who treated her chambers like a frat house and her oath like a suggestion.
Obama planted judges like landmines across the federal judiciary. Trump's DOJ just brought a metal detector. And what they're finding in Georgia is exactly why we never trusted these people to run fair election proceedings in the first place.
As reported by 100 Percent Fed Up, this isn't some technicality or partisan squabble. This is a sitting federal judge who lied under oath, violated every standard of judicial conduct on the books, and was presiding over cases that affect the integrity of our elections. The fact that the system tried to handle this "privately" tells you everything about who the system protects.
Here's what the left doesn't want you to understand: cleaning house isn't optional. Every Obama-era judge sitting on an election case should be getting a very hard look right now. If Eleanor Ross is what they were willing to hide behind a private reprimand, imagine what they haven't found yet.
The swamp doesn't drain itself. But it sure does squeal when you pull the plug.