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misleading headline. The judge was sent a tainted envelope, he did not send the envelope.
I wouldn't have interpreted as the judge being the sender.
That's how I interpreted it. There are many ways to write that which completely avoid confusion, but they chose the only way that allows that confusion.
I mean, the core of the sentence—if it were normal English and not newspaper headline English—is “judge sent envelope.” Their copy editor can and should do better.