Jon Trainum News Today

The threats are horrifying. The vulnerability of those targeted is stunning. And the system that’s supposed to protect them is inadequate.

When Janet DiFiore took office in 2016 as New York's chief judge and marshaled the largest protection detail in the history of the state court system to chauffeur her, security sometimes took a back seat to other concerns.

A top New York state judge's testimony defending former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's unprecedented multimillion-dollar security detail omitted key facts, raising doubts about whether a series of incidents during DiFiore's tenure justified her yearslong armed escort.

Former New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's around-the-clock chauffeur and protection detail cost taxpayers an estimated $1 million a year while she was in office, but there is no record of any written approval for the unprecedented escort, Law360 found.