IN THE NEWS--BOASBERG FACES NEW CALL FOR IMPEACHMENT AFTER APPEALS COURT ORDERS JUDGE TO END "CONTEMPT CRUSADE" AGAINST TRUMP OFFICIALS

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) called on House Republicans Tuesday to impeach District Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court ordered the jurist to end his criminal contempt probe against Trump administration officials.  The majority on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals found Boasberg’s efforts to bring contempt charges against former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other top executive branch officials – over their involvement in the deportation of hundreds of suspected Tren De Aragua gang members to El Salvador last March – were a “clear abuse of discretion,” “intrusive” and a “legal dead end.”

“The DC Circuit ruled Boasberg’s contempt crusade against Trump officials is an ‘improper investigation’ and ‘clear abuse of discretion,’” Schmitt wrote on X. more at Boasberg faces new call for impeachment after appeals court orders judge to end ‘contempt crusade’ against Trump officials