( November 3, 2025, 12:02 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge granted a gender-affirming care provider’s motion to quash a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena that sought patient medical and communications data, holding that the subpoena was politically motivated, overbroad and an abuse of investigative authority; in the same order, the judge denied the provider’s motion to seal proceedings but granted its motion to strike a DOJ praecipe that improperly introduced new evidence in violation of local rules....