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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 the FBI agent who falsified the FISA application, [[Kevin Clinesmith]]. 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 probation. 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]].
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 the FBI agent who falsified the FISA application, [[Kevin Clinesmith]]. 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 probation. 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==
In March 2025 Judge Boasberg put a 14-day freeze on [[President Trump]]'s deportation of [[Venezuela]]n nationals—including [[Tren de Aragua]] [[terrorist]]s—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.
==See also==
==See also==