Donald Trump has criticized District Court Judge James Boasberg, accusing him of attempting to take over the powers of the presidency. Trump has called on the Supreme Court to intervene in a legal dispute.
Trump called Boasberg a ‘publicity hound’ in his latest attack on the judiciary after he was ordered to halt his massive deportation of migrants.Â
‘Judge James Boasberg is doing everything in his power to usurp the Power of the Presidency,’ he warned.
‘Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country!’Â
Boasberg had issued a temporary order after the administration flew more than 200 alleged gangsters to El Salvador.Â
Trump mocked Boasberg as ‘a local, unknown Judge’ and added that he’s a ‘grandstander, looking for publicity.’
Boasberg on Thursday deemed a court filing from the administration ‘woefully insufficient’ and filed by a low-level staffer.Â
During a heated hearing with Department of Justice lawyers, Trump expressed his desire to investigate whether the government intentionally ignored his instructions.
Trump fired back in a post to Truth Social Thursday night.  Â
He argued that his ‘ridiculous’ rulings ‘cannot be for any other reason,’ saying he is ‘ridiculous and inept’ before exclaiming: ‘SAVE AMERICA!’

In a scathing remark, Trump referred to Judge James Boasberg as a publicity seeker who is determined to undermine the authority of the presidency.

Boasberg himself has taken shots at Trump of late, deeming a court filing with information about the deportations ‘woefully insufficient’ and filed by a low-level staffer
In a separate post, he called out ‘Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges’ and said they could lead to ‘the destruction of our country.’
He demanded that nationwide injunctions be stopped permanently and called on the Supreme Court to help.
‘If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation IMMEDIATELY, our Country is in very serious trouble!’Â
Roberts issued a stunning rebuke Tuesday after Trump called for the impeachment of Boasberg.Â
He said that liberal judges are trying to assume the powers of the presidency ‘without getting 80 million votes,’ saying that the ‘danger’ they could cause is ‘unparalleled.’
‘A President has to be allowed to act quickly and decisively about such matters as returning murderers, drug lords, rapists, and other such type criminals back to their Homeland, or to other locations that will allow our Country to be SAFE,’ he added.
Boasberg expressed his own rage toward the Trump administration Thursday, claiming they missed a court deadline to provide information on the deportation flights.
The judge argued that it was filed hours late and that the administration ‘again evaded its obligations.’Â



The ruling that set off the fury came when Boasberg issued the temporary ruling that blocked the deportations of more than 200 people after the administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
He seemed particularly angry that the staffer who provided the six-paragraph declaration on behalf of the Trump White House was Robert L. Cerna, a regional ICE office director.
‘This is woefully insufficient,’ Boasberg wrote.Â
Cerna wrote that Cabinet secretaries are ‘actively considering whether to invoke the state secrets [act] privileges over the other facts requested by the Court’s order.’Â
Boasberg has demanded that the White House submit a sworn declaration by 10am Friday and two separate filings offering further information by next Tuesday. Â
The ruling that set off the fury came when Boasberg issued the temporary ruling that blocked the deportations of more than 200 people after the administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.Â
Boasberg’s ruling came after a fiery hearing where he demanded the government declare when it thinks his own orders on the deportations took effect – after the administration said the deportation flights were underway and over international waters when it learned of the order.
The White House said Monday that the people deported to El Salvador were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, but has refused to provide the names of the people now incarcerated in El Salvador.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. paid the country $6 million to accept them.Â

Boasberg expressed his own rage toward the Trump administration Thursday, claiming they missed a court deadline to provide information on the deportation flights

He seemed particularly angry that the staffer who provided the six-paragraph declaration on behalf of the Trump White House was Robert L. Cerna, a regional ICE office director
Deputy Chief of Staff Steven Miller teed off on the judge at the White House on Monday when asked about his statement that the judge’s order was ‘illegal.’Â
‘The idea that a single district court judge has the authority to direct, as though they were the president, the movement of airplanes around the globe is … the most outrageous thing I’ve seen from a district court judge in my lifetime, frankly, going back multiple lifetimes.Â
Earlier this month, the American Bar Association issued a statement warning against attempts to ‘cow our country’s judges, our country’s courts and our legal profession.’ It said intimidation ‘cannot be sanctioned or normalized.’
The ABA said it would not ‘stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not.’
Trump railed against judges who ruled against him in his four criminal trials throughout the campaign.
But in February and March, Musk began touring into judges using his powerful online platform.Â
‘We are witnessing an attempted coup of American democracy by radical left activists posing as judges!’ Musk wrote Feb. 11.
‘There need to be some repercussions above ZERO for judges who make truly terrible decisions,’ Musk continued.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt branded a judge who ruled against the administration an ‘activist’ who was trying to ‘usurp the president’s authority’
On Feb. 25, he posted: ‘When judges egregiously undermine the democratic will of the people, they must be fired or democracy dies!’Â
The bar for impeaching an Article III federal judge is high. Only through a vote to impeach in the House and a two-thirds vote of the Senate can they be removed.Â
Another House Republican, Rep. Andy Ogles, introduced a resolution in February to impeach Judge John Bates after his order to federal health agencies to restore online data amid a Trump Administration crackdown on ‘gender ideology.’
Ogles, who issued a statement attacking ‘predators’ like the judge, a George W. Bush appointee, was unbowed by Roberts’ warning.Â
‘Respectfully, Mr. Chief Justice, both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson disagree with you. So does the Constitution. We are going to keep the impeachments coming,’ he wrote.
Boasberg grew up in Washington, attended Yale Law, got an advanced degree at Oxford, and was appointed by Roberts to head up the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court, which handles highly technical matters.Â
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has branded the judge an ‘activist’ and even went after his wife over her political donations.Â
Leavitt’s attack came after Trump himself called Judge James Boasberg a ‘radical left lunatic’ and talked up trying to impeach him after he issued a temporary order blocking deportation flights.

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Leavitt brought up the judge’s wife Elizabeth Manson’s political contributions, saying she has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and said ‘he has consistently shown his disdain for this President and his policies, and it’s unacceptable.’
‘The judge in this case is essentially trying to say the President doesn’t have the executive authority to deport foreign terrorists from our American soil. That is an egregious abuse of the bench,’ Leavitt said at the White House.Â
‘This judge cannot, does not, have that authority. It is the opinion of this White House and of this administration. And that’s why we’re fighting this in court. And it’s very, very clear that this is an activist judge who is trying to usurp this president’s authority,’ Leavitt said.
She added: ‘Under the Alien Enemies Act the president has the power, and that’s why the the deportation campaign will will continue. And this judge, Judge Boasberg, is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama.’Â
Then she brought up his wife Elizabeth Manson’s political contributions, saying she has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats.
Leavitt said the judge has consistently shown his disdain for this president and his policies, and it’s unacceptable.’