Judge Weighs Contempt Order for Trump Officials Over Deportations
Buses arrive to transfer deported individuals to the CECOT maximum security prison in this photo supplied by El Salvador Presidency on March 16.
Source: El Salvador PresidencyA federal judge said there’s a “fair likelihood” that Trump administration officials violated his order to immediately halt deportations of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members, adding he may cite them for contempt.
US District Judge James Boasberg held a hearing Thursday to grill a Justice Department lawyer about whether federal officials disobeyed his March 15 order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelans now held in a notorious prison in El Salvador. Through dozens of questions, Boasberg made clear that he may find probable cause that several administration officials acted with contempt by not carrying out his verbal order.