Trump-nominated judge should have recused herself from Trump tax return case

During the Trump administration, many attorneys have had their judgment and their personal compass tested. These challenges aren’t the ordinary ethical issues lawyers face every day. These instead involve life-changing moments that may mean the difference between compromising personal integrity in exchange for career benefits or taking the lonely road of integrity.

Don McGahn was tested and refused to help the president obstruct justice during the Robert Mueller investigation. Jeff Sessions was tested and properly recused himself from oversight of the Mueller investigation. In the words of the knight guarding the holy grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, “You have chosen wisely.”