Rhode Island judge flags DOJ conduct in transgender-care probe, seeks possible discipline

A federal judge in Rhode Island referred Justice Department lawyers for possible discipline after finding they misled the court and withheld information in an investigation into transgender youth care at Rhode Island Hospital; the judge quashed an administrative subpoena for years of sensitive minors’ medical records, blasted DOJ tactics and forum-shopping to Texas, and noted the department’s arguments were misleading—DOJ denies the accusations, and the hospital is appealing the enforcement order.