US EditionDOJ seeks to boot Judge Boasberg from pursuing contempt hearings
The DOJ calls Judge Boasberg's inquiry into a March deportation a 'radical' overreach and seeks to block it before testimony from a former Justice Department lawyer.
- On Friday, the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to stop Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg from pursuing a contempt inquiry and sought his removal, calling it radical and unconstitutional.
- Boasberg says a recent appellate ruling gives him authority to examine whether officials acted in bad faith after the March deportation operation to El Salvador, and he suggested it involved willful disobedience.
- The administration argues the Trump administration denies violations, saying the judge's directive was verbal not written, while Boasberg plans to hear testimony next week from Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign before Monday's hearing.
- They want the appeals court to act before a Monday hearing where a former government attorney will testify, calling the emergency filing an endless fishing expedition lacking genuine fact-finding.
- The filing warned the dispute risks interbranch conflict, urging against escalation as political attacks intensify, with President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi involved.
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The Department of Justice asked a court of appeal on Friday to block an investigation for contempt of the Trump administration for refusing to return planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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DOJ seeks to halt judge's contempt inquiry in mass deportation case
In an emergency filing Friday, department lawyers also sought Boasberg's removal from the case.
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry
Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.Judge J. Michelle Childs, a Biden appointee, would not have granted the stay. The “administrative stay” issued by two Trump appointees on the appeals court after the close of business on Friday blocking Boasber…
DOJ moves to halt judge’s contempt inquiry over mass deportation of Venezuelan migrants
The Justice Department has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block a contempt inquiry led by Chief Judge James Boasberg into the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. DOJ officials allege the judge is conducting a “radical, retaliatory, unconstitutional campaign” against the Trump administration, escalating a longstanding clash over executive accountability t…
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation against President Donald Trump’s government for not having planes transporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador return in full flight to U.S. territory. The department also attempts to have Chief Judge James Boasberg removed from the case, accusing him of launching a “radical, vengeful and unconstitutional campaign” against the Trump administratio…
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