President Donald Trump blasted the “highly conflicted” district court judge he says is taking all the cases against the White House for himself while calling for an investigation into the “rigged system.”
Trump argued that Obama-appointed DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg — who blocked Venezuelan deportation flights — isn’t following regulations set by the judicial branch as several senior Trump officials were sued for the Signal message leaks.
“How disgraceful is it that ‘Judge’ James Boasberg has just been given a fourth ‘Trump Case,’ something which is, statistically, IMPOSSIBLE,” the 47th president wrote on Truth Social.
On Wednesday, Boasberg was assigned to a lawsuit against the senior White House officials following the Houthi attack plan messaging leak that was accidentally involved the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
Trump claimed Republicans couldn’t earn a win against the judge, especially a “Trump Republican.”
“He is Highly Conflicted, not only in his hatred of me — Massive Trump Derangement Syndrome! — but also, because of disqualifying family conflicts,” the 78-year-old commander in chief wrote.
“Boasberg seems to be grabbing the ‘Trump Cases’ all to himself, even though it is not supposed to happen that way,” Trump added, calling for a “wheel”-type rotation for judges to be assigned to cases.
US law requires judges to “be assigned to cases in rotation so far as practicable,” but the rotation can vary based on the complexity of the case and the experience of the judge.
Boasberg was chosen out of the 20 jurists on the bench by the court’s random assignment process, Politico reported, citing a spokesperson.
Trump slammed the entire DC District Court, claiming he can’t get an “honest ruling” in the capital district.
“Our Nation’s Courts are broken, with New York and DC being the most preeminent of all in their Corruption and Radicalism. There must be an immediate investigation of this Rigged System, before it is too late!” he said,
Boasberg first met the wrath of Trump when he ordered a 14-day stay on deportations of Tren de Argua gang members after the president invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to fly the illegal migrants to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
The presidential decree was blocked by Boasberg hours after Trump signed the proclamation on March 15.
Flights carrying the Venezuelan gangbangers were scheduled to land in the Central American country but were quickly called back under Boasberg’s decision.
A divided DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to uphold the 14-day ban on the 18th-century wartime act.
Boasberg was the target of calls for impeachment after his highly contested ruling including from Elon Musk and Trump himself.
“This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on March 18.
“He didn’t WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didn’t WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didn’t WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties, HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY.
“I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ [sic] I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Trump’s emphatic message caused tension in the judicial branch and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to make a rare rebuke over the president’s actions.
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts wrote. “The normal appellate review process exists for that reason.”
