Trump Judicial Foe Was Kavanaugh’s Roommate, Had GOP Support
On March 17, James Boasberg held a hearing to determine how many people were deported based on Trump’s proclamation and whether the government’s flights carrying people out of the country violated his order.
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President Donald Trump says the judge is a “Radical Left Lunatic” who should be impeached. The attorney general says he’s protecting terrorists. Justice Department lawyers say his rulings are undermining a vital effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.
But to those who know Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg personally, through his early work as a homicide prosecutor and later as a judge, the accusations seem wildly off base. They reject Trump’s description of the jurist and say the president and his supporters don’t appear to know him at all.