Judge Resumes Contempt Investigation in Trump Deportation Fight
A security officer stands guard at an entrance of the Centre for Terrorism Confinement in Tecoluca, El Salvador on April 4.
Photographer: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty ImagesA federal judge is pressing ahead with an inquiry into whether Trump administration officials willfully defied his orders in a high-profile immigration case.
An appeals court tossed out an earlier ruling finding “probable cause” that the government had been in contempt of court. During a hearing on Wednesday, US District Judge James Boasberg said that several appellate judges nevertheless made clear in a recent decision that he still had authority to investigate who was responsible for sending 137 Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador in March as he ordered the planes turned around.