Sex, Lies and Secrets: A Federal Judge’s Trysts Go Public

NEW: Sex, Lies and Secrets: A Federal Judge’s Trysts Go Public We talked to three of Judge Eleanor Ross’s clerks. Gift link >> nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u... by Nick Bogel-Burroughs and myself

Lots of new stuff in here. One highlight is the letter of apology that Judge Ross was required to send to six of her clerks. The three clerks we spoke with found it to be offensively vague. More ... nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...

When a Black woman judge or prosecutor has a consensual relationship with an adult, it becomes a national scandal and people demand her removal. Need I point out the double standard? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...