Boasberg authorized Biden’s FBI to spy on U.S. Senators’ cell phones
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) in writing a letter to D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan calling for the administrative suspension of Chief Judge James Boasberg while Congress considers Articles of Impeachment for abusing his judicial authority to target the Trump administration, sitting Republican Senators, and conservative organizations.
On November 4, 2025, Articles of Impeachment were filed against Judge Boasberg for his role in Operation Arctic Frost, the Biden administration’s effort to target and spy on sitting Republican Senators, including Sen. Tuberville. Judge Boasberg is accused of improperly granting gag orders to shield Jack Smith’s political witch hunt. This is not the first time he has been accused of abusing his power. Earlier this year, he was accused of using his role as Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to assign himself J.G.G. v. Trump, a case that the Supreme Court later found he lacked jurisdiction to handle.
“On November 4, 2025, Articles of Impeachment were filed against Chief Judge Boasberg over, among other things, his role in improperly granting gag orders in the ‘Arctic Frost’ probe: ‘Ignoring his responsibility to wield the power of his office in a constitutional manner, Chief Judge Boasberg granted Special Counsel John L. Smith authorization to issue frivolous nondisclosure orders in furtherance of . . . ARCTIC FROST.’ Your court adopted a similar sentiment when it reversed Chief Judge Boasberg In re: Sealed Case, which found that he had erred by too permissively granting government-requested nondisclosure orders against X Corp,” wrote the Senators.
Sens. Tuberville and Schmitt were joined by Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Mike Lee (R-UT) in signing the letter.
Read the full letter below or here.
“Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan,
We write to you regarding Chief Judge James ‘Jeb’ Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Chief Judge Boasberg should be administratively suspended pending formal impeachment by the House of Representatives and, if impeached, an impeachment trial by the Senate.
On November 4, 2025, Articles of Impeachment were filed against Chief Judge Boasberg over, among other things, his role in improperly granting gag orders in the ‘Arctic Frost’ probe: ‘Ignoring his responsibility to wield the power of his office in a constitutional manner, Chief Judge Boasberg granted Special Counsel John L. Smith authorization to issue frivolous nondisclosure orders in furtherance of . . . ARCTIC FROST.’ Your court adopted a similar sentiment when it reversed Chief Judge Boasberg in In re: Sealed Case, which found that he had erred by too permissively granting government-requested nondisclosure orders against X Corp.
These Articles of Impeachment have received bicameral support. Chief Judge Boasberg’s role in Arctic Frost is not the only complaint levied against him. He is accused of improperly using his role as Chief Judge, on March 15, 2025, to assign himself J.G.G. v. Trump, a case the Supreme Court found he lacked jurisdiction over. And in July 2025, it came to light that on March 11, 2025, ‘at one of the Conference’s semiannual meetings, Judge Boasberg disregarded its history, tradition, and purpose to push a wholly unsolicited discussion about “concerns that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts, leading to a constitutional crisis.”’
There is precedent for administratively suspending a judge pending an impeachment inquiry. The most recently impeached judge, G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana, was administratively suspended prior to his impeachment while the Judicial Conference of the United States investigated allegations against him of bribery and fraud. As Chief Judge of the applicable circuit judicial council, you are tasked with overseeing the Article III remedial process for the misconduct of the appellate and district judges of your circuit.
On July 28, 2025, the Department of Justice filed a formal judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 351(a). Under 28 U.S.C. § 352, you are mandated to ‘expeditiously’ review this complaint and determine whether to take ‘appropriate corrective action’ or dispense with the case ‘by written order stating his . . . reasons.’ On information and belief, you are yet to take any published steps regarding this very public complaint.
Given you have not entered an order under 352(b), we assume you are following your duties under 28 U.S.C. § 353, which mandate that you ‘shall promptly’ establish a special committee ‘to investigate the facts and allegations contained in the complaint.’ While this impeachment process proceeds, we must have transparency regarding the actions the Circuit Judicial Council is taking against the judicial misconduct of Chief Judge Boasberg.
To that end, please submit the following in writing to the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice, and the signees of this letter:
- A status update on the DOJ judicial misconduct complaint filed against Judge Boasberg on July 28, 2025. Include including the following in that status update:
- Any communications you have had with Chief Judge Boasberg regarding this judicial misconduct complaint.
- If you have had no communication with Chief Judge Boasberg regarding this complaint, an attestation to that effect.
- Any record, document, or tangible object produced in relation to this complaint.
- If this judicial misconduct complaint has been dismissed, provide the above groups with your written explanation for dismissing it, as well as any other misconduct complaints against Chief Judge Boasberg that have been filed in 2025.
- If you are yet to act on this judicial misconduct complaint, provide the above groups with a written explanation for why you have failed to ‘expeditiously’ act upon the complaint.
- If you have formed a special committee to investigate the judicial misconduct complaint:
- Place Boasberg on administrative suspension and remove him from the Circuit Judicial Council, pending the resolution of the complaint and Articles of Impeachment filed against him in the House of Representatives, and;
- Provide a written explanation for why you are yet to place him on administrative suspension and have allowed him to remain on the Circuit Judicial Council while these claims have been pending
Sincerely,”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
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