Bernd Zabel maintained the wearing of the hat was a joke — 'ill-considered' he admitted, but meant, he said, to lighten the mood he expected in the courtroom
Ontario judge who wore Trump hat in courtroom to be suspended 30 days without pay
Bernd Zabel, the so-called “Make America Great Again” judge, will keep his $284,000-a-year job on the bench.
An Ontario Judicial Council panel, which last month held a one-day hearing into complaints against him for wearing into court a red baseball hat bearing the Donald Trump campaign slogan, has handed the 69-year-old judge the second-most serious penalty available: a 30-day suspension without pay, coupled with a formal reprimand. -- More...
