Justice Department’s Misconduct Complaint Against Federal Judge Dismissed

‘The complaint offers no source for what, if anything, the subject judge said,’ the ruling says.

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has been dismissed, according to a newly released ruling.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in the ruling—dated Dec. 19, 2025, and made public on Jan. 31—that he was throwing out the DOJ misconduct complaint because officials failed to provide evidence supporting their allegations.