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 NY Times -  Last week, in a post on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in Washington, claiming he made “improper public comments about President Trump” and his administration.

The essence of the complaint is that Judge Boasberg, in talking with John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and other federal judges, said things “that have undermined the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary,” and that as a result he should be subjected to an investigation, temporary reassignment of some of his cases and, potentially, public reprimand and “consideration of impeachment-related recommendations.”

The complaint misrepresents both what Judge Boasberg said and the nature of the setting in which he spoke, and it misapplies the law and the rules governing judicial conduct. Worse, it is a dangerous escalation in a mounting list of assaults by the current administration on the legitimacy of the federal courts.

It is, in a word, preposterous. MORE