The Justice Department (DOJ) has filed a complaint alleging misconduct by James Boasberg, the chief U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing several cases involving the Trump administration, NBC News has reported.

The DOJ complaint alleges that Boasberg made improper comments during a judicial conference in March, stating that “while there, Judge?Boasberg attempted to improperly influence Chief Justice Roberts and roughly two dozen other federal judges by straying from the traditional topics to express his belief that the Trump Administration would ‘disregard rulings of federal courts’ and trigger ‘a constitutional crisis.'”

Days after the alleged remarks, Boasberg, an Obama appointee, rejected the administration’s attempts to deport hundreds of Venezuelan nationals to a prison in El Salvador, finding many of the deportations abused due process, according to Politico. Despite the order, the administration sent most of the Venezuelans to El Salvador, a decision Boasberg had suggested flagrantly defied his order

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