WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a complaint Monday alleging misconduct by a federal judge overseeing several cases, including the Trump administration, including the challenge to the legality of deportation flights to El Salvador in March.
The complaint against Washington, D.C., US District Judge James Boasberg was filed by Attorney General Pam Bondy’s Chief of Staff Chad Mizzel, who alleges that Boasberg made inappropriate comments during a judicial meeting in March.
“While I’m there,” wrote Miser. “Judge Boasberg wrote, straying from traditional topics and attempting to inappropriately influence Judge Roberts and about 20 other federal judges in order to express his belief that the Trump administration would “ignorate federal court decisions and cause a constitutional crisis.”
NBC News has not confirmed what Mizelle said Boasberg made on March 11th. The meeting was not open to the public.
“Even though his comments were inappropriate if any basis was present, it got worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis,” Miser added in a five-page letter to Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit in Washington.
Misell went on to say in the complaint that the Trump administration has complied with “all” court orders and that Boasberg failed to identify violations of the court order that justifies what he called “his unprecedented predictions.”
Boasberg did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday night.
Bondi writes to X: “Today, @TheJustceptt filed a fraudulent complaint against Chief Justice James Boasberg for making inappropriate public comments about President Trump and his administration.”
“These comments undermines the integrity of the judiciary and we do not support it,” she added.
Boasberg has been assigned to several notable cases, including the Trump administration. This is less prominent than the alien enemy ACT incident filed in mid-March when three deportations took off from the US on their way to El Salvador. At an emergency hearing at the time, Boasberg ordered the plane detained in the air towards El Salvador to return to the United States after Trump’s executive order calling for alien enemy laws was released for deportation.
He later discovered what caused the Trump administration to start a light emptying procedure to determine whether it was intentionally violating a court order. However, the Court of Appeals suspended this process.
“Judge Boasberg issued a (temporary restraint order) and threatened everything on false premises because President Trump assumed it was against the court’s order,” the complaint states. “Such conduct violates the litigator’s trust in a fair judiciary and falls below standards that protect the integrity of the judiciary and public’s trust in its integrity.”
Miser asked Srinivasan to introduce the issue to the Task Force to determine whether Boasberg’s actions constituted “an act of bias against the effective and prompt administration of the court’s business.”
He also sought if the committee finds intentional misconduct, while the investigation is progressing, another judge will be reassigned to another judge and disciplinary action, including disciplinary action, while the investigation is progressing.
Zoe Richards contributed.
