James Boasberg, chief judge of the D.C. District Court, will preside over a case about the Trump administration’s use of a Signal group chat to discuss military information.
A federal judge in Washington who has caught the ire of President Trump for his role in the case involving the deportation of alleged gang members will also preside over a case involving the administration’s use of a messaging app to discuss military operations.
Chief Judge James Boasberg will oversee a new lawsuit brought against several senior national security officials after a reporter was unintentionally added to a Signal group chat where the planned bombing of Houthi targets in Yemen was discussed. Intelligence experts say the use of the chat group to discuss such operational matters is highly unusual. The White House denies that the matters discussed were classified.
While judges typically do not have control over what cases they are assigned, this latest assignment comes shortly after Boasberg has been in the spotlight while overseeing another high-profile case involving the Trump administration’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
