US EditionJudge wants whistleblower to testify in contempt probe of Trump official over planes to El Salvador
Judge Boasberg orders live testimony from DOJ whistleblower and top attorney to probe if officials deliberately defied court order halting Venezuelan migrant deportations.
- Next week, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered live testimony from whistleblower Erez Reuveni and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign in the Alien Enemies Act case, directing Ensign to testify on Dec. 16.
- In mid-March the court had ordered the two planes sent in mid-March to be turned around, yet the flights proceeded to El Salvador and landed, triggering the contempt inquiry.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she acted after receiving `privileged legal advice` from DHS counsel and DOJ leadership, while DOJ attorneys noted the two planes had already departed U.S. territory, removing the migrants aboard from the court's order.
- Boasberg is trying to determine whether officials willfully ignored his order, raising the prospect of probable cause and criminal contempt amid the judicial-executive institutional clash.
- After a delay, the D.C. Circuit last month paved the way for Boasberg to restart his inquiry, clearing the path for live testimony amid cursory declarations raising attorney-client privilege concerns.
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