An anti-Trump federal judge who already had been described as a threat to the rule of law now is the target of a complaint filed by the Department of Justice accusing him of undermining the nation’s judiciary.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained the complaint over “misconduct” by James Boasberg, a federal judge who once wildly ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to turn around airplanes that already were in international airspace to return the illegal alien criminals they were deporting to America, involved his “making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration.”
These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary,” she confirmed.
Today at my direction, @TheJusticeDept filed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg for making improper public comments about President Trump and his Administration.
These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary, and we will…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 28, 2025
A DOJ official confirmed, “Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was presiding. Judge Boasberg violated the Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, including the requirement that he ‘promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.’”
Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump Administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was… https://t.co/PsTAGSwnIp
— Chad Mizelle (@ChadMizelle47) July 28, 2025
The Washington Examiner said the official complaint, for “misconduct,” against Boasberg charged him with those “improper public comments” about the administration.
Boasberg has fought the administration’s agendas, including that for securing the borders and deporting illegal aliens, especially criminals, for months.
He once ordered two jets carrying deported illegals to be returned, without addressing the fact of whether those jets, already in international airspace, would have fuel to return.
WND has reported it was the Federalist that obtained access to comments Boasberg made at a recent judicial conference undermining the president.
He disparaged the president, even though he’s required to be neutral on issues and people in his court, where Trump is a defendant in a number of cases brought by activists trying to undermine his agenda for America.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later described Boasberg as a “threat to the rule of law” for using his own agendas in his court rulings to try to control the decisions of the Executive Branch.
A report at the Washington Examiner said Blanche was responding to Boasberg’s comments and said, the judge was in “serious breach of the judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law.”
“This memo confirms that at least some federal judges were predisposed against the Trump administration,” Blanche wrote. “Every litigant, regardless of politics, is entitled to a fair forum.”
The report noted, “Other senior DOJ officials, including Chad Mizelle, called the report ‘very troubling’ and said it ‘perhaps explains the completely lawless order issued by Judge Boasberg (which was unsurprisingly stayed by the D.C. Circuit).’”
A newly revealed memo confirms that at least some federal judges were predisposed against the Trump administration. This is a serious breach of the judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law. Every litigant, regardless of politics, is entitled to a fair forum. https://t.co/H28KtAM3jH
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) July 16, 2025
The judge’s misbehavior was revealed by the Federalist which confirmed investigative reporter and senior legal correspondent Margot Cleveland uncovered the fact that Boasberg, based in Washington, D.C., complained to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that his colleagues were “concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis.”
Boasberg is the chief judge in the judicial district and has been at center of a judicial campaign to prevent Trump’s agenda to secure the American borders and deport illegal aliens, those who are in the United States illegally, and often have committed subsequent crimes.
Further, Boasberg also was at the center of activism before President Trump’s first term when Trump was under attack in the fabricated Russiagate conspiracy theory launched by the Hillary Clinton campaign and others with lies about Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
Boasberg was chosen for his job by leftist Barack Obama, who now is just one subject of a congressional investigation into a vast conspiracy that developed in Washington targeting Trump.
Boasberg, in fact, when sentencing an ex-FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, who admitted doctoring a 2017 email regarding Deep State’s work against Trump, refused to give him any prison time but told him to do community service.
Boasberg ruled against Trump in one deportation dispute and told him to order airplanes carrying illegal aliens out of the United States to turn around mid-air and come back.
The White House responded that the jets, carrying the “terrorist alien” individuals, already had left U.S. airspace and the judge had no jurisdiction there.
Federal judges already have heard hundreds of claims by those wanting to stop Trump’s agenda to remove unneeded personnel from federal payrolls, stop handing billions of tax dollars to unfriendly foreign interests and more.
As a result of the campaign by district judges to target Trump’s actions, the Supreme Court intervened and said they were misusing their offices by repeatedly ordering nationwide injunctions against Trump’s agenda. The court said those judges haven’t been granted the constitutional authority to do that.
The Federalist reported it obtained access to a memo from a recent Judicial Conference meeting in Washington.
That group is the national policymaking body for federal courts.
WOW: D.C. judges admit illegal bias
“Boasberg, lacking jurisdiction as SCOTUS later confirmed, gave a lawless order commanding the Trump Admin to halt removals to El Salvador. So, a judge concerned about Trump following the law, ignored the law”
Max hypocrisy. Defund DC courts! https://t.co/twb4A2DBGf pic.twitter.com/mdBj0a2EJU
— John Strand (@JohnStrandUSA) July 16, 2025
It appears DC Obama Judge Jeb Boasberg plotted a constitutional crisis against President Trump just days before Boasberg illegally and dangerously exposed a military operation to expel terrorists.https://t.co/018vZyZNl0
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) July 16, 2025
If true, there is a plausible claim Chief Judge Boasberg violated Canon 2A of the Codes of Conduct by speaking publicly about a litigant with pending litigation before him. He should recuse from all Trump administration cases and I anticipate a judicial misconduct complaint to be…
— Rob Luther (@RobLutherLawyer) July 16, 2025
Not sure what other evidence House GOP needs to start an impeachment inquiry into DC chief Judge Jeb Boasberg.
A few days before his infamous “turn the planes around stunt,” Boasberg told Chief Justice John Roberts at a judicial conference breakfast that his DC colleagues were…
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) July 16, 2025
“That Judge Boasberg and his fellow D.C. District Court judges would discuss how a named Defendant in numerous pending lawsuits might respond to an adverse ruling is shocking. Equally outrageous is those judges’ clear disregard for the presumption of regularity — a presumption that requires a court to presume public officials properly discharged their official duties,” the Federalist reported.
At the meeting, the report said, “a side conversation at the group’s most recent meeting revealed a disturbing detail — the predisposition of supposedly unbiased judges against the Trump Administration.”
The memo explained, “District of the District of Columbia Chief Judge James Boasberg next raised his colleagues’ concerns that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis.”
The Federalist noted the memo continued, “Chief Justice Roberts expressed hope that would not happen and in turn no constitutional crisis would materialize.”
The report pointed out, “Donald Trump, however, is not merely the president: He is a Defendant in scores of lawsuits, including multiple cases in the D.C. District Court. As such, this conversation did not concern generic concerns of the judiciary, but specific discussions about a litigant currently before the same judges who expressed concern to the Chief Judge of the D.C. District Court that the Trump Administration would disregard the court’s orders.”
The report noted, “Judge Boasberg’s comments reveal he and his colleagues hold an anti-Trump bias, for the Trump Administration had complied with every court order to date (and since for that matter). The D.C. District Court judges’ ‘concern’ also went counter to the normal presumption courts hold — one that presumes public officials properly discharged their official duties. Apparently, that presumption does not apply to the current president, at least if you are litigating in D.C.”
The Federalist noted just days later, “Boasberg, in a case in which he completely lacked jurisdiction, as the Supreme Court would later confirm, entered a lawless order commanding the Trump Administration to halt removals to El Salvador. So, one of the judges concerned about Trump following the law, ignored the law.”
One report on the fight described Boasberg’s actions as “a judicial coup against President Trump.”
Anti-Trump judge described by DOJ official as ‘threat to the rule of law’
