Judge targeted by Trump is assigned to Signalgate lawsuit
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Source: politico
Judge James Boasberg will preside over a case alleging that Trump administration officials violated federal recordkeeping laws when they used Signal to discuss military plans.
By Kyle Cheney 03/26/2025 11:10 AM EDT
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — the object of President Donald Trump’s fury for blocking his effort to summarily deport Venezuelan nationals using wartime powers — just got a second crack at the administration’s handling of national security: Signalgate.
Boasberg on Wednesday morning was assigned to preside over a lawsuit alleging that Trump cabinet secretaries and national security aides violated federal recordkeeping laws when they used a Signal chat group to discuss a planned military strike in Yemen — and inadvertently included an Atlantic journalist in the group.
The twist of legal fate arrived just as the scandal exploded further with the Atlantic’s release of the full text exchange — in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previewed, with specific references to timing and weapons, an attack on Houthi militants. The exchange, initiated by national security adviser Mike Waltz, included Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
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The assignment of the case to Boasberg comes just two days after the Trump administration, in the Venezuela deportation case, invoked the “state secrets” privilege to refuse to share details with the Obama-appointed judge about the timing of deportation flights to El Salvador..............
Boasberg is pressing the administration for details about the flights to determine whether officials violated his order earlier this month barring Trump from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law last invoked during World War II. But administration lawyers argued that “disclosure would pose reasonable danger to national security and foreign affairs.”
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/signal-lawsuit-trump-judge-boasberg-00250606
Also see this DU thread for some responses
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220178626#post3
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg was randomly assigned to preside over the Signalgate case. | Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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