WASHINGTON, July 29 (USA Herald) – The U.S. Justice Department has filed a formal misconduct complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, alleging his private communications with Chief Justice John Roberts and public statements undermined judicial neutrality in a high-stakes deportation case involving alleged Venezuelan gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The complaint centers on Boasberg’s alleged efforts to influence other judges against the Trump administration’s use of wartime deportation powers under the Alien Enemies Act, raising serious questions about judicial conduct and constitutional separation of powers.
The controversy stems from the Trump administration’s March 15 deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, including Abrego-Garcia under the rarely-used Alien Enemies Act, a wartime statute that grants the president extraordinary removal powers. As three deportation flights prepared for takeoff, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg was simultaneously conducting his own emergency court proceedings to evaluate the legality of these removals.
