Summary

Judge James Boasberg was assigned to oversee a lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over leaked war plans discussed on Signal, including a reporter in the chat.

The leak involved classified military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis, though officials dispute the information’s classification.

MAGA supporters decried Boasberg’s assignment, alleging bias, despite his appointment by George H.W. Bush.

Legal experts noted the irony of Boasberg handling a case involving Trump administration secrecy failures amid ongoing state secrets disputes.

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    6 days ago

    The RNG owed us big time after it gave that one Trump case to Aileen Cannon

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      Can you imagine how different the world would look today if we got a different judge there?

      Maybe the trial would have started and maga morons would see all the dirty laundry. Maybe the “don’t like women” people would actually vote for Kamala.

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        No, they had to divide the case in two because some activity happened in DC, and some ar Mar-A-Lago. Future Supreme Court Justice Cannon is currently a judge in the district that includes Mar-a-Lago. So they knew that they had a chance of getting her when they filed the charges, but the selection was random.