{"id":2462557,"date":"2025-07-16T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sees-breach-of-judicial-oath-in-judges-leaked-trump-criticism-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:53:49","slug":"doj-sees-breach-of-judicial-oath-in-judges-leaked-trump-criticism-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sees-breach-of-judicial-oath-in-judges-leaked-trump-criticism-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ sees \u2018breach&#8217; of judicial oath in judge\u2019s leaked Trump criticism &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-sees-breach-of-judicial-oath-in-judges-leaked-trump-criticism-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) has condemned private remarks made by U.S. District judge James Boasberg that appear to show bias against former President Donald Trump. Leaked notes from a March 2025 Judicial Conference reveal Boasberg expressing concern that the Trump governance might ignore federal court rulings,perhaps causing a constitutional crisis.DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called these comments a serious breach of judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law, emphasizing that all litigants deserve a fair judicial forum regardless of politics.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg&#8217;s remarks came just before he issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-georgia-update-judge-issues-restraining-order-for-10-days-preventing-defendants-from-destroying-or-erasing-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"BREAKING GEORGIA UPDATE: Judge Issues Restraining Order for 10 Days Preventing Defendants from Destroying or Erasing Dominion Voting Machines\">temporary restraining order<\/a> blocking Trump administration actions on immigration flights from Venezuela, a decision that sparked controversy and was later overturned by the Supreme Court. His comments and rulings have intensified criticisms of judicial impartiality, especially as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on the nomination of Emil Bove, a former DOJ official accused by a whistleblower of advising lawyers to ignore court orders-a charge Bove denies.<\/p>\n<p>The Judicial Conference typically only releases official summaries of such meetings, and the leaked memorandum&#8217;s details have not been independently verified. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident highlights ongoing concerns<\/a> about political bias within the federal judiciary, particularly in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where most active judges were appointed by Democratic presidents. Efforts to obtain comments from Chief Justice John Roberts and Judge Boasberg were unsuccessful.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ sees &lsquo;breach of the judicial oath&rsquo; in judge&rsquo;s leaked Trump criticism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2172084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice<\/a>&nbsp;officials are criticizing what they say were expressions of clear bias against President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in private comments from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-gives-cover-to-whitehouses-latest-attack-on-supreme-courts-conservatives\/\" title=\"Kennedy Gives Cover to Whitehouse\u2019s Latest Attack on ...\u2019s Conservatives\">top federal judge<\/a>, following a report Wednesday on leaked notes from a judicial conference in March.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;reported conversations, described in a memorandum<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/16\/exclusive-memo-reveals-d-c-judges-are-predisposed-against-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> obtained<\/a> by The&nbsp;<em>Federalist<\/em>, refer to remarks made at a meeting involving United States District&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-boasberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judge James Boasberg<\/a>, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, during the March 2025 gathering of the Judicial Conference, a policymaking body made up of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-sen-lindsey-graham-remains-key-ally-for-democrats-in-getting-bidens-judicial-nominees-through-senate\/\" title=\"...s: Sen. Lindsey Graham remains key ally for Democrats in getting Biden\u2019s judicial nominees through Senate\">top federal judges<\/a>. Boasberg reportedly told fellow judges and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chief Justice John Roberts<\/a>&nbsp;that his colleagues were &ldquo;concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis,&rdquo; according to notes about the meeting obtained by the outlet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3472767\/indicted-judge-hannah-dugan-illegal-immigrant-escape-case-criminalizes-job\/\">Indicted Judge Dugan claims illegal immigrant escape case criminalizes &#8216;doing her job&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3472723\/ex-soldier-pleads-guilty-hacking-extortion-telecom\/\">Ex-soldier pleads guilty to hacking and extortion plot targeting telecom companies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3472222\/kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-in-court-as-second-deportation-stakes-rise\/\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in court as second deportation stakes rise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Responding to the leaked notes on Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General&nbsp;Todd Blanche&nbsp;described the judge&rsquo;s remarks as &ldquo;a serious breach of the judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This memo confirms that at least some federal judges were predisposed against the Trump administration,&rdquo; Blanche wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/1945476199817347566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Every litigant, regardless of politics, is entitled to a fair forum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Other senior DOJ officials, including Chad Mizelle,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChadMizelle47\/status\/1945498970022711559\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a>&nbsp;the report &ldquo;very troubling&rdquo; and said it &ldquo;perhaps explains the completely lawless order issued by Judge Boasberg (which was unsurprisingly stayed by the D.C. Circuit).&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Judicial Conference meeting was held the week of March 11, when Roberts and roughly 30 federal judges, including Boasberg, gathered in Washington to review policy and administrative issues across the judiciary. A summary of the meeting said Boasberg warned Roberts of possible constitutional friction due to what he anticipated would be Trump&rsquo;s defiance of federal rulings, prompting the chief justice to downplay his concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chief Justice Roberts expressed hope that would not happen and in turn no constitutional crisis would materialize,&rdquo; the <em>Federalist <\/em>reported from the meeting notes it obtained, which also claimed Roberts said &ldquo;his interactions with the President have been civil and respectful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg&rsquo;s comments notably came just days before he entered a temporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3349181\/federal-judge-stop-trump-deportations-tren-de-aragua-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">restraining order on March 15, <\/a>instructing the Trump administration to return planes carrying illegal immigrants from Venezuela that were already en route to a prison facility in El Salvador. The order was only entered after planes had already departed, and the aircraft were thus not turned around. Progressive immigration rights groups and Democrats claimed the Trump administration had defied Boasberg&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg, who was first confirmed under former President George W. Bush to the Superior Court in D.C. before former President Barack Obama later nominated him to his current post, came under fire from conservative critics earlier this year when he issued the&nbsp;temporary injunction&nbsp;halting the Trump administration&rsquo;s removal of illegal immigrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, a decision later reversed by the Supreme Court. The DOJ argued that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction, and his ruling fueled allegations of judicial bias against the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The report about his private comments just days before ruling aggressively against the Trump administration will likely deepen those criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Boasberg&rsquo;s handling of the Alien Enemies Act case has surfaced as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-judiciary-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>&nbsp;weighs the nomination of former senior DOJ official&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emil-bove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emil Bove<\/a>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/third-circuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Third Circuit<\/a>, where a vote on his nomination is scheduled for Thursday. Bove, who served during the period in question, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3471971\/grassley-blocks-democrats-bove-whistleblower-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">accused by a former DOJ attorney-turned-leaker<\/a> of instructing government lawyers to ignore court orders; an allegation Bove firmly denied under oath at his confirmation hearing last month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have never advised a Department of Justice attorney to violate a court order,&rdquo; Bove testified.<\/p>\n<p>The Judicial Conference ordinarily only releases an outline of the meeting called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/about-federal-courts\/reports-proceedings-judicial-conference-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;Reports of the Proceedings,&rdquo;<\/a> alongside a follow-up interview with press members. The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has not independently verified the meeting notes described in the <em>Federalist <\/em>report, and no public reference to this conversation was made following the judicial policymaking body&rsquo;s bi-annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3470220\/trump-legal-wins-muddled-lower-court-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP LEGAL WINS MUDDLED BY CONTINUED LOWER COURT LOSSES\">TRUMP LEGAL WINS MUDDLED BY CONTINUED LOWER COURT LOSSES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, the allegations stemming from the notes amplify concerns about political bias among lower court judges. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Currently,<\/a><\/span>  15 active judges&nbsp;serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Of those, Democratic presidents appointed 11, and four were appointed by Republican presidents, which has fueled criticisms of imbalance in cases handled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">federal district court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Roberts and Boasberg for comment. Peter P. Kaplan, Communications and Public Affairs Officer for the Judicial Conference, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2172084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2172084\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ calls judge&#8217;s leaked Trump remarks a judicial breach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2462558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-rotunda-roberts-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,59239,59238,40034,32076],"class_list":["post-2462557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-judge-leak","tag-judicial-oath","tag-trump-criticism","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-rotunda-roberts-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462561,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462557\/revisions\/2462561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}