PALM BEACH, Florida – Both President Donald Trump and DOGE leader Elon Musk are reacting to unearthed, two-year-old remarks by a federal judge who is now trying to halt deportation flights for violent illegal alien criminals.
The comments by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg concerned the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protesters and were posted by conservative influencer Insurrection Barbie on X:
In a speech on given to law students on January 24, 2023, Judge Boasberg (who heard many J6 cases) openly admitted that he didn’t think harsh enough laws existed on the books to punish J6 defendants.
He stated: “a lot of law still to be made.” Matching the defendants’ alleged crimes to statutes is one challenge and there were no statutes that were written that said, ‘it is a criminal offense to storm the capital and interfere with the counting of certification of the electoral college after the presidential election.”
He also specifically stated that people pled to crimes that were not harsh enough. For instance, he said people have pled to the misdemeanor of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building,” which was meant to cover people yelling and disrupting Congress, not for the crime of storming the Capitol.”
He openly discussed his bias towards these defendants when speaking to future lawyers. He thought people should have been treated differently because it was J6 …
If you don’t want us to drag these people, maybe they should learn to hide their bias.
Journalist Mario Nawfal said of the comments: “Translation: He wanted to invent new crimes after the fact to punish J6 defendants harder – clear judicial bias from the bench.”
Trump on Sunday reposted the judge’s remarks on Truth Social, adding his own reaction to Boasberg: “But he [the judge] doesn’t mind if criminals come into our Country. He is a Constitutional disaster! DJT.”
Elon Musk noted of Boasberg’s comments: “Wow, this is insane.”
A few minutes later Sunday afternoon, Musk added: “He has a villainous look to him.”
He has a villainous look to him https://t.co/ilxFrHRKW8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2025
Earlier on Sunday, the nation’s top cop indicated the highest court in America will “get involved” in the cases of “out-of-control” federal judges who are working to thwart the agenda of President Donald Trump.
Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said concerning Judge Boasberg halting deportation flights of violent criminals, “The Supreme Court will get involved.”
“This is an out-of-control judge, a federal judge trying to control our entire foreign policy and he cannot do it.”
“He is trying to ask us about national security information, which he is absolutely not entitled to, We are appealing. We will be in court Monday again. We will win. We will prevail.
“There are 261 reasons why Americans are safer today and that’s because those people are in an El Salvador prison.”
.@AGPamBondi on Judge Boasberg: “This is an out-of-control judge… trying to control our entire foreign policy, and he cannot do it… There are 261 reasons why Americans are safer today, and that’s because those people are now in an El Salvador prison… we are going to follow… pic.twitter.com/yWj5pBvxvD
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 23, 2025
“They’re not immigrants. They’re illegal aliens who are committing the most violent crimes you can imagine on Americans. Murder, rapes.
“Ask the parents of all of these young women who have been from violently strangled, raped and murdered. And we are going to continue to make America safe again because that’s President Trump’s agenda.”
“These judges are out of control. We are going to fight back but we are going to win,” she added. “The Supreme Court will be ready to hear these cases.”
When asked about Trump’s use of a 1798 law to deport the criminals, Bondi explained: “The Alien Enemies Act applies today really more than ever. Really, old law is often the best law if you think about the laws that have bene on the books for a very long time.
“We are in modern-day warfare. They have invaded our country, TDA, Tren de Aragua. They are organized. They have a command structure. They are sending money to each other throughout the country and out of the country back to support their terrorist actions.”
HOLY SH*T AG Pam Bondi drops the saying the Alien Enemies Act Applies now more than ever
MASS DEPORT EVERY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
NO EXCEPTIONS pic.twitter.com/kS4rsPJjfG
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) March 23, 2025
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