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On Monday, the Justice Department lodged a misconduct complaint against District Judge James Boasberg, seeking his removal from a migrant deportation case because of allegedly inappropriate comments he made regarding President Trump.

“Following my instructions, the [DOJ] has submitted a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg for making inappropriate public statements about President Trump and his Administration,” Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X.


Portrait of James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court.
Boasberg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, is presiding over a case involving Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport suspected criminal migrants. Bloomberg via Getty Images

The complaint, prepared by Bondi’s chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, was addressed to the Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, Sri Srinivasan. It cites remarks Boasberg purportedly made at a judicial conference on March 11, which was attended by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other legal officials.

“While there, Judge Boasberg attempted to improperly influence Chief Justice Roberts and roughly two dozen other federal judges by straying from the traditional topics to express his belief that the Trump Administration would ‘disregard rulings of federal courts’ and trigger ‘a constitutional crisis,’” Mizelle wrote, according to Fox News. 

“Although his comments would be inappropriate even if they had some basis, they were even worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis — the Trump Administration has always complied with all court orders,” Mizelle continued. “Nor did Judge Boasberg identify any purported violations of court orders to justify his unprecedented predictions.”

Boasberg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, allegedly made the remark just days before he presided over a case involving Trump’s use of the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport suspected migrant gang members to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. 

Boasberg, 62, maintains the Trump administration violated his March 15 order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador. 

Mizelle referenced Boasberg’s  deportation flight order that has since been overturned by the Supreme Court and argued that “Within days of those statements, Judge Boasberg began acting on his preconceived belief that the Trump Administration would not follow court orders.” 

“Taken together, Judge Boasberg’s words and deeds violate Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, and, erode public confidence in judicial neutrality, and warrant a formal investigation,” he wrote, asking that Boasberg be removed from the Alien Enemies Act case “to prevent further erosion of public confidence while the investigation proceeds.”


President Trump speaking at a White House press conference.
Trump has argued that Boasberg should be impeached. REUTERS

Bondi argued that Boasberg’s alleged comments “have undermined the integrity of the judiciary, and we will not stand for that.”

Trump has previously slammed Boasberg as a “Grandstander” and “highly conflicted,” “radical left” judge who is attempting to “usurp” his presidential power. 

“This judge … should be IMPEACHED!!!” the president fumed in March 18 Truth Social post. 

A DC district court spokesperson did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

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