US EditionTrump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe
Judge Boasberg seeks sworn statements from officials over possible deliberate defiance of court order on migrant flights, highlighting rare criminal contempt probe in immigration enforcement.
- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg relaunched an investigation and ordered written declarations due December 5 from all officials involved before considering contempt steps.
- The administration says the directive was verbal and not in the written order, as two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants were midair on March 15 when they later landed in El Salvador.
- In a court filing, Justice Department attorneys said Mazzara received legal advice from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Emil Bove before deciding on migrant transfers.
- Justice Department attorneys urged abandoning the inquiry, but the administration denies violating the order and Boasberg must weigh contempt referrals for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and relief for at least 137 migrants.
- On November 14, a larger appeals panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the investigation could proceed, reviving the inquiry as legal scholars say it could shape debate over trial courts and separation-of-powers.
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Judge Warns Trump Officials Could Face ‘Contempt Prosecution’ Over Ignored Deportation Order
Federal officials from the Republican administration are now facing a court-imposed deadline to explain why deportation flights carrying Venezuelan migrants were not ordered to return, despite a judge’s directive. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has opened an inquiry into whether the administration intentionally failed to comply with his March order to reverse two flights transporting […]
Chicago Tribune
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the United States were in the air on March 15 when a federal judge in Washington ordered President Donald Trump's administration to bring them back. Instead of returning, the planes landed in El Salvador hours later, sparking an extraordinary power struggle between the judicial and executive branches of the U.S. government over what happened and why the judge's order wasn't carri…
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Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe
A federal judge in Washington has relaunched his contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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