Sixth Circuit Dismisses DOJ Ethics Complaint Against Judge Boasberg
TL;DR
The U.S. Sixth Circuit dismissed the Justice Department's ethics complaint against Judge James E. Boasberg, saying the DOJ failed to substantiate allegations of inappropriate comments at a private judges’ meeting; even if some remarks were substantiated, they would not have been improper, clearing Boasberg amid scrutiny of his Trump-era rulings.
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