{"id":143175,"date":"2026-02-02T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/02\/unadorned-allegations-us-circuit-judge-dismisses-dojs-judicial-misconduct-complaint\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:28:38","slug":"unadorned-allegations-us-circuit-judge-dismisses-dojs-judicial-misconduct-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/02\/unadorned-allegations-us-circuit-judge-dismisses-dojs-judicial-misconduct-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unadorned Allegations&#8217;: US Circuit Judge Dismisses DOJ&#8217;s Judicial Misconduct Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[A] repetition of uncorroborated statements rarely supplies a basis for a valid misconduct complaint,&#8221; Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote in an order dismissing U.S. Department of Justice allegations claiming U.S. District Chief Judge James E. 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Boasberg made anti-Trump statements at a private gathering of the nation&#8217;s chief federal jurists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/944307593\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/944307593\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/944307593\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/944307593\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F33%2F48%2F2bef20164253a80ca617b7178723%2Fsutton-jeffrey-2019-04-jpg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/944307593\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/944307593\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/944307593\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[A] repetition of uncorroborated statements rarely supplies a basis for a valid misconduct complaint,&#8221; Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote in an order dismissing U.S. Department of Justice allegations claiming U.S. District Chief Judge James E. 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