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He wasn’t one of those (judges) that had to have his way all the time,
the employee said
The first thing that comes to mind is – he was always fair,
a former courthouse employee said about BoasbergI often tell my clerks before they go out into the world that the most valuable treasure they possess is their reputation and credibility,
Boasberg said
Boasberg is easily in the top 1/2 of the most lenient sentencing judges, and possibly among the top 1/3,
William Shipley, a conservative lawyer who has represented dozens of January 6 rioters, posted Sunday on X thatBoasberg is the opposite of a radical judge,
one former Justice Department prosecutor, who tried several January 6 cases in front of Boasberg, told CNNRemember who becomes federal judges – people who are willing to take a tenfold pay cut to spend the rest of their lives resolving impossible legal questions,
said CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, who clerked for two federal judgesHe is principled and fair,
one former Justice Department prosecutor told CNNNeither of us will be Time’s person of the year,
Boasberg told CNN at the timeThey are calling her terrible names, wrongfully threatening her with Impeachment, and disrespecting her, all because they want her to act like the dishonest, politically biased, and conflicted Judges in New York, and not like the fair and impartial Judge that she is,
Trump said in an April 2024 Truth Social post
Reasonable observers may well view this Court as insufficiently impartial to adjudicate the meritless challenges to President Trump’s efforts to implement the agenda that the American people elected him to carry out,
the motion readsIt seems to me the only reason to do that is if you know it’s a problem and you want to get them out of the country before there are suits filed,
the judge saidI did not personally have knowledge of where the flights were or if there were flights at that moment,
Ensign saidI understood your intent, that you meant that to be effective at that time,
said Ensign, a former deputy solicitor general in ArizonaMy [restraining orders] did not order anybody to be released into the United States,
Boasberg saidIn my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,
said Toczylowski, who is representing one of the Venezuelan immigrants deported from the US
I would just ask you to make sure that your team maintains that lesson,
Boasberg told Ensign
I never in my life thought I would see my brother like that – handcuffed, his head shaved, in a prison for murderers, where they put rapists and kidnappers,
Casique’s younger brother Sebastián said about his brother, who travelled to the US two years ago in search of better opportunitiesI was told that they went through a very strong vetting process,
Trump said
I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order, who ordered this and what the consequences will be,
Boasberg said during an approximately 90-minute hearing
Why was this proclamation signed in the dark on Friday, early Saturday morning, and then these people rushed onto the planes?"
Boasberg asked Justice Department attorneys