Trump Lawyers Keep Judge in Dark on Venezuelan Deportations
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US government lawyers defiantly defended President Donald Trump’s deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members and refused to provide a judge with information he says he needs to determine if the administration ignored his orders to turn planes back to the US.
US District Judge James Boasberg convened a hearing Monday in Washington to press Justice Department lawyers for answers about whether the deportations took place after he issued an order Saturday blocking them. After the hearing, the judge ordered government lawyers to file a sworn declaration with answers to his questions by Tuesday at noon.