White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has attacked a federal judge who made a decision against President Donald Trump, calling him an activist and attacking his wife for her political contributions.
Trump himself referred to Judge James Boasberg as a “radical left lunatic” and threatened to impeach him after he issued a temporary order halting deportation flights.
Leavitt argued that the judge is attempting to assert that the President lacks the executive authority to expel foreign terrorists from the United States.
She also mentioned that the deportation campaign will continue because the president has the authority under the Alien Enemies Act.
Judge Boasberg is an activist for the Democratic Party and was appointed by Barack Obama. Leavitt criticized the government’s refusal to reveal the identities of those flown to El Salvador, whom the administration claims were part of violent gangs.
Despite opposition from Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court, Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert became the latest Trump supporter to support the initiative.
Boebert filed a resolution to impeach President Joe Biden during the previous Congress. Republican Rep. Brandon Gill declared that he would “file articles of impeachment against activist judge James Boasberg this week.”
Legal experts have warned that Trump is defying judicial review of his decisions, violating the separation of powers.
Trump’s billionaire DOGE head and advisor, Elon Musk, has also been rallying to impeach judges who ruled against the administration on federal worker firings. House Republicans have taken up Musk’s call to impeach judges who have ruled against Trump.