US Chief Justice John Roberts slams Trump’s call to impeach federal judge

Justice Robert’s statement followed a post by President Trump which called for the impeachment of US District Judge James Boasberg, as the Republican president called him a “troublemaker and agitator” after he ordered the administration to pause deportations of accused gang members to El Salvador.

Federal Judge Boasberg, in his order to the US administration on Saturday, called for a pause to remove the alleged Venezuelan gang members. Trump has argued that his decision was valid on the basis of an 18th-century law historically used only in wartime.

In a post on social media, Trump wrote “I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”

The White House is yet to respond over the matter. Justice John Roberts, who heads the US Supreme Court and passed the majority order in Trump’s presidential immunity case last year, rarely issues statements on political matters.

According to the US Constitution, in order to impeach a federal judge, the process requires at least two thirds of the US Senate to vote against them after a trial in the House of Representatives.

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