Judge Who Blocked Deportation Flights Was Neck Deep in Russiagate Hoax
The Obama judge who blocked President Trump’s deportation flights last weekend played a central role in the Russiagate collusion hoax.
Within hours of President Trump invoking the 200-year-old Alien Enemies Act to expedite the deportation of Venezuelan gangbangers, Judge James Boasberg moved to block the President and even ordered planes in the air, including one bound for El Salvador, to be turned around.
According to a report from journalist Jerry Dunleavy, Judge Boasberg was heavily involved in the Russiagate collusion hoax that was used to belabour President Trump during his first term.
As the head of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court, Boasberg “made a number of divisive decisions, including a slap on the wrist for a member of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team, the appointment of officials who had defended the FBI’s actions during the Russiagate saga, the renewal of the FBI’s FISA powers, and more,” Dunleavy wrote.
Even though he noted the wide-ranging errors in the DoJ’s investigation, which he said “called into question the reliability of the information proffered in other FBI applications,” Boasberg extended the FISA surveillance powers for US agencies in November 2020.
Boasberg allowed major errors, including improper searches, to take place, and also gave ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith a light sentence after he pled guilty in John Durham’s investigation into the Russiagate hoax. Prosecutors wanted him to serve significant jail time.
Boasberg gave Clinesmith just a year of probation, community service and no fine for falsifying an email from the CIA.
Boasberg also appointed to the FISA court Obama DoJ figures who were prominent in pushing the Russiagate hoax. David Kris and Mary McCord were both appointed by Boasberg to lead reform of the FISA court.
Trump’s presidential order from last weekend, entitled “Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua,” states that the group “is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States.”
The order describes how Tren de Aragua “operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles, the Nicolas Maduro regime-sponsored, narco-terrorism enterprise based in Venezuela, and commits brutal crimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions, and human, drug, and weapons trafficking.” The gang is involved in “irregular warfare” against the US, the order continues.
Under the Alien Enemies Act, which was first issued in response to the threat of war with France, the President would have the power to allow non-citizens to be deported without the opportunity to appear before an immigration or federal judge.
Since 1798, the act has been used only three times: during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, when it was used to inter people of German, Italian and Japanese ancestry. Over 100,000 people with Japanese ancestry were interred in camps between 1941 and 1945, including American citizens.
Trump said on a number of occasions during the election campaign that he would use extraordinary powers to remove illegal aliens.
In his inaugural address, the President said the Alien Enemies Act would be a key part of his immigration policy.
“By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil,” he said.
“As commander in chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions.”
