Overview

• The Department of Justice’s second official misconduct filing accuses Boasberg of breaching judicial neutrality by warning peers at the Judicial Conference that the Trump administration could ignore court orders and trigger a constitutional crisis.
• DOJ documents allege that he overreached authority by blocking deportations of Tren de Aragua terrorists with a temporary restraining order that the Supreme Court quickly vacated.
• The complaint, drafted by Chad Mizelle and submitted to Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, invokes the judicial code of conduct and seeks formation of a special investigative committee.
• The DOJ asked that Boasberg be removed from J.G.G. v Trump—a case on Venezuelan migrant deportations to El Salvador—to preserve public confidence while the inquiry proceeds.
• The move mirrors an earlier February complaint against Judge Ana Reyes and underscores growing executive pushback against judges perceived as obstructing immigration policy.