Boasberg is also well-known among Trump allies for his role as a judge on the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court during the period when the FBI was investigating whether Trump's successful 2016 campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the outcome of the election.

President Donald Trump’s call to impeach judges who’ve ruled against his aggressive use of executive power is prompting alarm and dismay from the jurists who ultimately hold the fate of his policies in their hands.

The federal judge at odds with the White House over its immigration enforcement and now the target of impeachment calls driven by President Donald Trump is a bipartisan appointee whose three-decade career in Washington,