The Justice Department accused federal Judge James Boasberg of misconduct over remarks allegedly made to Chief Justice John Roberts during a March Judicial Conference meeting.
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TheJusticeDepartmentonMondayaccusedU.S.DistrictJudgeJamesBoasbergofmisconduct,escalatingtheTrumpadministration’slong-runningfeudagainstfederaljudgeswhohaveblockedorpausedsomeofthepresident’smostsweepingpolicypriorities.
Thecomplaint,reviewedbyFoxNewsDigital,centersonremarksBoasbergallegedlymadeduringaMarch11meetingoftheJudicialConferenceoftheUnitedStates—thenationalpolicymakingbodyforthefederalcourts,whichmeetstwiceperyearandisheadedupbySupremeCourtChiefJusticeJohnRoberts.
Duringthatmeeting,thecomplaintsays,Boasberg“attemptedtoimproperlyinfluenceChiefJusticeRoberts”andtheroughlytwodozenotherfederaljudgesattheconferencebysuggestingthattheTrumpadministrationcould“disregardrulingsoffederalcourts,”andtrigger“aconstitutionalcrisis.”
ThecomplaintwassentatthedirectionofU.S.AttorneyGeneralPamB
