Trump Judicial Foe Was Kavanaugh’s Roommate, Had GOP Support (1)

President Donald Trump says the judge is a “Radical Left Lunatic” who should be impeached. The attorney general says he’s protecting terrorists. Justice Department lawyers say his rulings are undermining a vital effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.

But to those who know Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg personally, through his early work as a homicide prosecutor and later as a judge, the accusations seem wildly off base. They reject Trump’s description of the jurist and say the president and his supporters don’t appear to know him at all.

The standoff reached new heights Monday night when the Trump ...