A formal judicial misconduct complaint has been filed against US District Judge Roy Altman, a Florida-based federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, accusing him of using his judicial office to promote pro-Israel views and denigrate Palestinian identity. Florida lawyer Katherine Giannamore filed the complaint with the Eleventh Circuit Court (the federal appeals court overseeing the southeastern United States), citing incidents including Altman calling the keffiyeh — a traditional scarf widely seen as a symbol of Palestinian identity — a "terrorism scarf" during a podcast appearance recorded from his chambers during working hours. The case has drawn wider attention because Altman reportedly helps organise Israel trips for fellow federal judges, with the complaint warning that such visits may introduce bias into courts currently handling cases related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including deportation proceedings against student protesters.