A federal appeals court has dismissed a Justice Department misconduct complaint against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, according to court documents that became public this week.
Jeffrey S. Sutton, chief judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, dismissed the complaint on Dec. 19, though the ruling was not reported publicly until the weekend.
The Justice Department had alleged misconduct based on claims that Boasberg made comments at a judicial conference suggesting the Trump administration would trigger a “constitutional crisis” if it ignored federal court rulings. Those remarks were said to have occurred just days before Boasberg issued an order blocking deportation flights tied to Trump-era immigration enforcement. (RELATED: DOJ Files Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Over Anti-Trump Comments, Deportation Case Actions)
In his ruling, Sutton said the government failed to provide evidence substantiating the alleged comments or sufficient context to support the complaint.
“A recycling of unadorned allegations with no reference to a source does not corroborate them,” Sutton wrote. “And a repetition of uncorroborated statements rarely supplies a basis for a valid misconduct complaint.”
The ruling comes amid heightened political scrutiny of the federal judiciary. Days after Sutton’s decision, the White House confirmed its support for a Senate Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry involving Boasberg and another federal judge Republicans have accused of judicial activism.
“Left-wing, activist judges have gone totally rogue,” a White House official told Fox News Digital. “They’re undermining the rule of law in service of their own radical agenda. It needs to stop. And the White House fully embraces impeachment efforts.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson he would support efforts to impeach federal judges accused of improperly blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda. Johnson acknowledged impeachment remains an “extreme measure,” but told reporters at a press conference that “extreme times call for extreme measures.”
“I think some of these judges have gotten so far outside the bounds of where they’re supposed to operate,” Johnson said. “It would not be, in my view, a bad thing for Congress to lay down the law.”
Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) labeled Boasberg and Boardman “rogue judges” and said they “meet the constitutional standard for impeachment” during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing.
The official added that President Donald Trump must be able to “lawfully implement the agenda the American people elected him on,” arguing that judges who repeatedly issue partisan rulings have abused their offices and forfeited claims of impartiality.
Boasberg has drawn sustained criticism from Republicans over a series of rulings related to Trump-era immigration policies, including cases involving the transfer of migrants to El Salvador and other countries instead of holding them in U.S. detention facilities. (RELATED: Judge Boasberg Moves To Hold Trump Admin In Contempt Over Deportation Flights)
More recently, he has faced renewed GOP backlash following reports that he approved warrants in former special counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” investigation, which allowed investigators to seize phone records connected to several Republican lawmakers.
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