James Boasberg
James E. "Jeb" Boasberg became Chief Judge of the District Court on March 17, 2023. He was originally appointed to the District Court in March 2011 by Barack Obama. Boasberg is a native of Washington, D.C.[1] Liberal Judge Boasberg is said to sit at the epicenter of a thoroughly corrupt and compromised DC court system.[2]
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Obama FISA abuse
- See also: Russiagate and Obama FISA abuse
In 2016 the DOJ-NSD headed by Mary McCord (DOJ) filed a FISA application seeking a Title-1 search (full and unlimited) surveillance warrant against the leading presidential candidate, Donald Trump. The method to gain the surveillance authority was to use CIA informant Carter Page who had met with the 2016 Trump campaign and call Page an “agent of a foreign power.”
The FISA Court knowingly and with specific intent approved the Title-1 surveillance warrant which was filed using false evidence provided by FBI agent Kevin Clinesmith and sketchy supporting documents from the Hillary Clinton campaign-funded Steele Dossier[3] without a Woods File attached documenting each alleged "fact".
At the time of the application, Mary McCord was acting head of the DOJ National Security Division. McCord was responsible for filing the warrant application. The DOJ-NSD had no inspector general oversight. The targeting of candidate Donald Trump was entirely for political purposes and intents.
After President Trump won the 2016 presidential election, he gave DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz authority to conduct oversight over the DOJ-NSD. IG Horowitz started investigating the FISA application. The FISA Court (FISC) was exposed by their willful blindness in allowing the Title-1 targeting of Donald Trump.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts then appointed Boasberg to the position of presiding judge over the FISA Court (FISC). Boasberg then selected Mary McCord (DOJ) to be an amicus or advisor to the court as IG Horowitz was investigating the fraudulent FISA application. Boasberg put the person who submitted the false FISA application in a position to filter the results of the Horowitz investigation of that same FISA application.[4] At the time, Mary McCord’s husband Sheldon Snook was working within Chief Justice Robert’s office. Snook is suspected in the leak of the Obergefell ruling.[5]
Clinesmith, Epps, and lawfare
- See also: 2024 Presidential election interference, Mar-a-Lago raid litigation, and Lawfare
After appointing Mary McCord to take up a defensive position for herself and the FISA Court, Boasberg then became the presiding judge in the case against FBI agent Kevin Clinesmith who falsified the FISA application. Boasberg gave Clinesmith a slap on the wrist and a few months’ probation. Boasberg also gave J6 FBI agent provocateur Ray Epps a sentence of one year probation on a single misdemeanor charge.
While on vacation, Boasberg sat in the DC courtroom to observe defendant President Trump who was forced to appear in DC court in a lawfare case. Boasberg also established a horrible precedent by forcing Vice-President Mike Pence to testify before a DC grand jury about his conversations with President Trump, breaking executive privilege.
Judicial activism
- See also: Judicial activism
In March 2025 Judge Boasberg put a 14-day freeze on President Trump's deportation of Venezuelan nationals—including Tren de Aragua terrorists—using a 1798 law, ordering any mid-flight deportation planes to U-turn back to U.S. soil. President Trump wrote on Truth Social: "He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his 'Rulings' are so ridiculous, and inept." In the administration's view Boasberg's rulings aren't just misguided—they're a power grab, "doing everything in his power" to usurp the presidency itself.
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References
- ↑ https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/chief-judge-james-e-boasberg
- ↑ More Background on Judge James Boasberg – The Fight Continues, March 19, 2025 | Sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nataliegwinters/status/1902453713597558923
- ↑ "Mary McCord was the architect of all Trump targeting efforts. The FISA on Carter Page, the weaponization of the DOJ-NSD, the installation of Michael Atkinson as Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), the companion to Sally Yates in the targeting of National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, lead staff for the Adam Schiff/Jerry Nadler impeachment effort, later appointment by FISA Presiding Judge Boasberg to be amicus to the FISC, in combination with Chief Justice John Roberts holding authority over the FISC, and the discovery that Sheldon Snook, McCord’s husband works in Robert’s office as “special assistant to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s counselor. The counselor’s office advises the chief justice not only on the management and budget of the Supreme Court but also on his interactions with the executive and legislative branches, along with numerous other public roles in which Roberts serves.” https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/11/special-counsel-jack-smith-asks-supreme-court-to-decide-trump-immunity-highest-court-immediately-drops-all-business-to-comply-with-special-counsel-request/
- ↑ https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/01/16/transparently-predictable-lawfare-operative-mary-mccord-testifies-during-senate-confirmation-hearing-that-ag-nominee-pam-bondi-should-recuse-herself-from-investigating-trump-targeting-operation/
