What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order
- Judge Boasberg considered holding the Trump administration in contempt for violating orders regarding deportations to El Salvador.
- Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, claiming a Venezuelan gang invasion to justify deportations.
- Despite a judge's order to return planes to the U.S., deportees arrived in El Salvador, housed in a notorious prison.
- Boasberg stated the government actions betrayed a desire to evade the Judiciary's reach; the judge quoted, "The aircraft needed to be returned to the United States."
- Boasberg may appoint a special attorney for prosecution if the Justice Department declines contempt charges, escalating executive-judicial tensions.
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Trump DOJ asks appeals court to review Boasberg’s contempt threat
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Wednesday to intervene after a lower court threatened to hold officials in criminal contempt over a controversial round of deportation flights to El Salvador in March. The Justice Department’s emergency request…
Judge threatens contempt proceedings over deportation flights to El Salvador - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
A federal judge in Washington threatened Wednesday to open a high-stakes contempt investigation into whether the Trump administration had violated an order he issued last month directing officials to stop planes of Venezuelan migrants from being sent to El Salvador.
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