US EditionJustice Department asks appeals court to block judge’s contempt inquiry in mass deportation case
The DOJ argues Judge Boasberg is biased and seeks to block contempt hearings on Trump-era deportations of over 100 Venezuelan migrants, escalating a constitutional clash.
- The Justice Department has requested an appeals court to block a judge's contempt investigation against the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
- The Justice Department is also seeking Chief Judge James Boasberg's removal from the case, claiming he is biased and creating "a circus that threatens the separation of powers and the attorney-client privilege alike."
- Boasberg has scheduled hearings for testimony from a former government attorney who filed a whistleblower complaint and a Deputy Assistant Attorney General, regarding the Trump administration's alleged defiance of court orders related to the mass deportation case.
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Appeals Court Halts Boasberg’s Contempt Proceedings Over Deportations
A federal appeals court has halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s attempt to probe the Trump administration’s purported refusal to comply with blocks he placed on its deportations of suspected Venezuelan gang members earlier this year. The decision on Dec. 12 is the latest development in an interbranch battle over such deportations by the administration. In a per curiam, or unsigned opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit p…
JUST IN: Appeals Court Halts Boasberg's Plan for Contempt Hearings in Alien Enemies Act Deportations Case
A federal appeals court on Friday afternoon temporarily halted Judge Boasberg’s contempt hearings in the Alien Enemies Act deportations case scheduled for next week.
DOJ asks appeals court to halt Boasberg's contempt hearing next week
The Trump administration on Friday asked a federal appeals court to immediately block Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s planned contempt hearings and remove him from overseeing the case, escalating a monthslong clash over deportations carried out under the Alien Enemies Act. In a petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Justice Department urged judges to halt testimony scheduled to begin next week, arguing…
DOJ seeks to oust judge ahead of DHS contempt hearing: report
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed paperwork on Friday seeking the ouster of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg before he can hold a contempt hearing aimed at Department of Homeland Security officials who ignored his legal directive on deportations.At the center of the dispute is Boasberg orderin...
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