Justice Department Complaint Against DC Judge Boasberg Tossed

A federal appeals court threw out the Justice Department’s misconduct complaint that accused the Washington chief federal trial judge of making “improper” remarks about President Donald Trump at a closed-door judiciary meeting last year.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dismissed the complaint against Chief Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg, who is overseeing high-profile litigation over the administration’s decision to send alleged gang members to a Salvadoran prison under a wartime deportation authority.

The complaint, filed last year by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s then-chief of staff Chad Mizelle, alleged that Boasberg suggested the ...