# Federal US judge faces complaint over staunch pro-Israel advocacy

https://mins.news/en/item/35081

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-28 02:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/federal-us-judge-faces-complaint-over-staunch-pro-israel-advocacy?traffic_source=rss

> Florida lawyer Katherine Giannamore has filed a judicial complaint against federal Judge Roy Altman, accusing him of anti-Palestinian remarks, alleged links to Islamophobic groups and using judicial resources to promote Israel. Altman has called the keffiyeh a “terrorism scarf”; the complaint says his conduct undermines confidence in judicial impartiality and independence.