Courtroom ‘testy and frosty’ exchanges highlight wave of confrontations between judges, prosecutors

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TIM SULLIVAN ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge clashed Tuesday with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor in what he called a series of “testy and frosty” exchanges, in an unusual contempt hearing that highlights a growing wave of confrontations across the U.S. between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials. U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Daniel N. Rosen at one point accused the judge of smearing him. There has been a surge in recent weeks of judges issuing critical and sometimes scathing statements and rulings over...