The federal judge tasked with deciding the Signal group chat case “cannot be objective,” Attorney General Pam Bondi stated Thursday, adding that “many judges need to be removed.”
The appointment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to hear the Signal case, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President Vance, and other officials discussed a military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen, was described by Bondi as a “wild coincidence against Donald Trump and our administration.”
The chat was accidentally shared with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, which resulted in its public disclosure.
In a different case involving deported Venezuelan migrants who were allegedly members of the Tren de Aragua gang, Judge Boasberg was the judge who decided against the Trump administration.
Boasberg had maintained that for the courts to review the situation, planes should be reversed to return those who are being deported.
Trump and other administration officials have criticized Boasberg for the issue and have even demanded that he be removed from office. U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked that, stating that when there are disagreements with court decisions, appeals should be used rather than impeachments.
“He shouldn’t be on any of these cases. He cannot be objective. He’s made that crystal clear,” Bondi said of Boasberg.
President Trump has also slammed Boasberg, recently calling the Democrat-appointed judge “disgraceful.”