Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, claiming he cannot be objective in handling multiple lawsuits involving Trump administration officials. Bondi accused Boasberg of having a clear bias, citing past rulings that went against Trump-era immigration enforcement and now his role in a new lawsuit involving a Signal group chat used by top officials to discuss a military strike in Yemen.
Key Points:
- The Signal chat, which included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and VP J.D. Vance, was leaked accidentally to The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief.
- Watchdog group American Oversight filed a lawsuit claiming officials violated the Federal Records Act by failing to preserve messages.
- Bondi questioned how Boasberg was “randomly” assigned four Trump-related cases, calling it a “wild coincidence.”
- Boasberg is also pursuing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over deportation flights of Venezuelan gang members, despite the Supreme Court having overturned his earlier ruling.
- A federal appeals court temporarily halted those contempt proceedings, with Trump-appointed judges siding with the administration and an Obama appointee dissenting.
Bondi stated, “He shouldn’t be on any of these cases… He’s made that crystal clear.”
The legal tensions are intensifying, with ACLU and activist groups pushing for emergency rulings to block more deportations, while Bondi is now calling for Supreme Court intervention to stop what she calls judicial overreach.
