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Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Nov 17, 2025

No more delays. Judge Boasberg must be suspended immediately. Impeachment is underway. He should not get to hear…

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A Republican lawmaker is calling for the immediate suspension of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg and leading impeachment efforts against him, citing alleged misconduct including improper case assignments, bias against the Trump administration, and questionable gag orders. The lawmaker is demanding that Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan rule on a DOJ misconduct complaint filed in July and suspend Boasberg pending the impeachment inquiry, citing precedent from Judge Porteous's case.

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  1. #1

    No more delays. Judge Boasberg must be suspended immediately. Impeachment is underway. He should not get to hear another case—this afternoon I led the effort to make that suspension happen. My letter to Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the D.C. Circuit. 🧵

  2. #2

    On November 4, articles of impeachment were filed against U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia—following my call for his impeachment.

    Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Oct 31, 2025

    I just called for the impeachment of Judge Boasberg. Boasberg is the poster child for rogue judges: • Forcing his way onto Trump cases • Fomenting a judicial "resist" campaign • Issuing illegal gag orders on GOP Senators. This rogue judge must go. Let's recap. 🧵

  3. #3

    To discipline Judge Boasberg, a formal judicial misconduct complaint is required. The Chief Judge of the Circuit—Srinivasan—is charged with ruling on such complaints. On July 28, 2025, DOJ filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg.

    Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Jul 28, 2025

    🚨Update: the DOJ has just announced it will file a misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg for improperly politicizing his role as Chief Judge of the District Court of DC. This is a great step forward in the fight against these rogue judges!

  4. #4

    Under 28 U.S.C. § 352, Sri Srinivasan is mandated to "expeditiously" review the complaint and determine whether to take "appropriate corrective action." As of November 17, 2025, he has yet to rule on the July 28 complaint.

  5. #5

    If he dismisses the complaint, he must do so in writing, which he has yet to do. If he dismisses the complaint, the DOJ may petition the Judicial Council of the D.C. Circuit for review—a body on which Judge Boasberg himself serves, creating a clear conflict of interest in these proceedings.

  6. #6

    Boasberg has racked up quite the laundry list of misconduct: • Forcing his way onto high-profile cases over which he lacked jurisdiction. • Showing prejudicial animus for the Trump administration. • Signing off on illegal gag orders in the partisan Arctic Frost investigation.

  7. #7

    These recent revelations about the potential rubber-stamping of gag orders represent a disturbing trend for Judge Boasberg. Just this summer, in In re Sealed Case, the D.C. Circuit reversed Boasberg's overly permissive grant of a government-requested gag order against X Corp.

  8. #8

    There is clear precedent for the administrative suspension of a judge pending an impeachment inquiry. The most recent federal judge to be impeached—G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., —was administratively suspended by a Judicial Council while his misconduct was investigated.

  9. #9

    Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan must expeditiously rule on the DOJ's judicial misconduct complaint and administratively suspend Boasberg while the impeachment inquiry unfolds. We cannot tolerate rogue, self-professed prejudicial judges ruling on our nation's most important cases.