‘Maybe she was referring to her record on Call of Duty’: Conservative Louisiana judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts allegedly lies about her military service

In the latest episode of “As the Gavel Turns,” Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court finds herself under scrutiny, not for her courtroom decisions, but for allegedly embellishing her military service during her 2020 campaign.

According to Baton Rouge news outlet WBRZ, Foxworth-Roberts claimed in her 2020 campaign advertisements that she served 13 years in the U.S. Army, both as an enlisted soldier and a commissioned officer, participating in Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan. These assertions featured prominently in a 2020 Instagram post and a Central City News advertisement.

Foxworth-Roberts never served overseas

However, the Louisiana Judiciary Commission’s investigation tells a different story. Their findings indicate that Foxworth-Roberts never served in Desert Storm, never deployed overseas, did not serve in active combat, and was not a captain. Additionally, her claims of working at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from 1993 to 1996 are questionable, given that she graduated from nursing school in 2001.

When confronted, Foxworth-Roberts took “full accountability” for the inaccuracies, stating, “I could have done better. I should have done better. Now, I know better.”  She attributed the misleading advertisements to a lack of oversight. She noted newspaper staff prepared the ads without her review. Woody Jenkins, the publisher of Central City News, corroborated this, admitting that his office prepared multiple ads for her campaign without her direct input.

Foxworth-Roberts previously got caught making misleading claims

This isn’t the first time Foxworth-Roberts has faced scrutiny. In 2020, a campaign committee found that she wrongly implied to voters that she was already a judge seeking re-election. 

Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts is affiliated with the Democratic Party. She ran as a Democrat in her successful 2020 campaign for the 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.  Additionally, she previously sought office as a Democratic candidate in the 2011 election for the Louisiana House of Representatives District 101. 

Despite her Democratic affiliation, some observers have described her as a “conservative Democrat.” For instance, Woody Jenkins, publisher of the Central City News, referred to her as such while discussing criticisms she faced from others in the judiciary.