Donald Trump just got called out in a major way after sharing a misleading post about Judge James Boasberg—the judge who recently ruled against him in a high-profile immigration case. But here’s the kicker: the entire claim was based on a complete misinterpretation of Boasberg’s own words.
Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social to amplify a post from a far-right influencer known as “Insurrection Barbie.” The post accused Boasberg of openly admitting that existing laws weren’t harsh enough to punish January 6th rioters, suggesting that the judge believed new laws should be created to crack down on them. Trump, in his signature style, seized on this claim to attack the judge, declaring, “He is a Constitutional disaster!”
But there was just one problem—it wasn’t true.
According to Politico’s senior legal affairs reporter, Kyle Cheney, the post Trump shared was a complete misreading of Boasberg’s remarks. Cheney explained that the judge wasn’t advocating for stricter laws against J6 defendants. Instead, he was simply pointing out the legal complexities of handling unprecedented cases like January 6th, where existing statutes didn’t always align perfectly with the crimes committed.
“The ‘law to be made’ was via precedential rulings at the appeals court and Supreme Court level,” Cheney clarified, shutting down the misinterpretation that had already been amplified by both Trump and Elon Musk.
In other words, Trump and his allies took a standard legal observation and twisted it into a conspiracy—only to get swiftly fact-checked.
