California’s judicial watchdog agency on Wednesday admonished a Los Angeles County judge for talking to a reporter about a pending case and for publicly suggesting prosecutors gave preferential treatment to a white domestic violence victim.

The Commission on Judicial Performance said Superior Court Judge John Lord is guilty “at a minimum” of improper action for speaking with the Grunion Gazette, a Long Beach news outlet, about why he did not issue a protective order in a 2015 domestic violence case.