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Bondi recordsdata ethics grievance towards federal choose who reportedly expressed concern about ‘constitutional disaster’
By Debra Cassens Weiss
July 29, 2025, 12:57 pm CDT
Chief U.S. District Decide James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2023. (Photograph by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Submit by way of Getty Pictures)
The U.S. Division of Justice has filed a misconduct grievance towards Chief U.S. District Decide James E. Boasberg of Washington, D.C., mentioned U.S. Legal professional Common Pam Bondi in a submit Monday on X, previously often known as Twitter.
The grievance alleges that Boasberg made improper feedback at a March 11 assembly of the U.S. Judicial Convention when he expressed his perception that the Trump administration would “disregard rulings of federal courts” and set off “a constitutional disaster.”
Boasberg allegedly made the feedback to Chief Justice John Roberts and different federal judges on the convention.
Boasberg “tried to remodel a routine housekeeping agenda right into a discussion board to influence the chief justice and different federal judges of his preconceived perception that the Trump administration would violate court docket orders,” the grievance mentioned.
“Though his feedback can be inappropriate even when that they had some foundation,” the grievance mentioned, “they had been even worse as a result of Decide Boasberg had no foundation—the Trump administration has all the time complied with all court docket orders.”
Publications masking the grievance embrace Fox Information, Reuters, Courthouse Information Service, Regulation.com, Politico and the New York Occasions.
Boasberg dominated April 16 that there’s possible trigger to seek out the federal government in felony contempt for willfully disobeying his March 15 short-term restraining order stopping the switch of Venezuelan immigrants from the US into overseas custody.
The federal authorities transferred the deportees to a jail in El Salvador in Central America hours after he issued an injunction, Boasberg mentioned in his April order.
Boasberg initiated contempt proceedings, regardless that the Supreme Courtroom dominated April 7 that the case had been filed within the incorrect venue. The Supreme Courtroom mentioned the immigrants might solely problem their deportation beneath the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by way of a habeas motion, which should be introduced within the district through which they’re confined.
Boasberg mentioned the Supreme Courtroom’s choice “doesn’t excuse the federal government’s violation.” The U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused the contempt proceedings in April, in response to the New York Occasions.
The misconduct grievance mentioned all through the litigation involving the Venezuelans, who’re “violent Tren de Aragua terrorists,” Boasberg “rushed the federal government by way of complicated litigation.” At instances, he gave the Trump administration lower than 48 hours to reply, the grievance mentioned.
Boasberg’s remarks to the Judicial Convention undermined the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary, the grievance asserted.
“Litigants anticipate that each choose will determine issues primarily based on the information and the legislation earlier than them, not on preconceived notions that authorities officers will violate the legislation,” in response to the grievance.
The grievance was filed with Chief Decide Sri Srinivasan of the D.C. Circuit. It seeks an investigation by a particular committee and reassignment of the deportation litigation to a different choose.
The grievance additionally seeks “acceptable disciplinary motion,” together with a public reprimand, if the ethics grievance is substantiated, in addition to a referral to the Judicial Convention “for consideration of impeachment-related suggestions” if willful misconduct is discovered.
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