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William E. Fitzpatrick is a United States magistrate judge in the Alexandria Division of the Eastern District of Virginia. He took office in May 2022. He previously served as a federal prosecutor in Virginia and New Jersey and as an assistant Commonwealth's attorney in Fairfax County.
DI has documented statements by William E. Fitzpatrick on Government Ethics, Immigration Policy, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: U.S. magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
Condemned
Statement summary
William Fitzpatrick condemns a deliberate campaign by officials to spread false information about Comans.
“Armed only with false statements, high-ranking government officials undertook a premeditated campaign to impugn the personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans, a nonpartisan, career public servant. Their intent was to disseminate false and derogatory information about Ms. Comans as widely as possible.”
A magistrate judge ruled that DHS statements, an Elon Musk post and information officials gave Laura Loomer falsely accused former FEMA CFO Mary Comans in February 2025. The government did not contest the facts and has appealed the underlying ruling.
