US District Court Judge James Boasberg has issued an order stating that he has found probable cause to hold members of the Trump administration in criminal contempt for their failure to comply with his earlier directive to halt deportation flights to El Salvador.
The judge’s order stems from his March 15 ruling in which he issued a temporary restraining order blocking the removal of at least 261 individuals alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
The deportations were being carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, which allows for the removal of foreign nationals deemed a threat during times of conflict.
Boasberg said Trump officials did not follow his order to turn flights around and return deportees who were already en route or had been removed in violation of the restraining order.
The White House said it will appeal the judge’s decision.
No timeline has yet been announced for the appeal or any potential hearings on the contempt finding.
The judge wrote: At this point in the contempt inquiry, however ,the information at issue is not necessary to proceed, so the Court will not resolve whether the invocation is warranted. Reynolds 345 U.S. at 11 (“necessity” of information “determine[s] how far the court should probe in satisfying itself that the occasion for invoking the pivilege is appropriate”). But if the information turns out to be necessary later in these proceedings. the Court may revisit the invocation,” Boasberg wrote.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court will find probable cause that Defendants‘ actions constitute contempt. It will provide them an opportunity to purge such contempt. If they opt not to do so, the Court will proceed to identify the contemnor(s) and refer the matter for prosecution. A separate Order so stating will be issued this day,” he concluded.
The TRO was vacated by SCOTUS. Boasberg doesn’t have a legal leg to stand on. Of course that won’t stop him from making headlines for a couple of days.
Boasberg has the full weight of the US Constitution behind him.
Which part of the Constitution allows a district court judge to hold anyone in contempt over an order SCOTUS vacated? I’ll wait. Cheers –
Where in the Constitution does it say it’s ok to come to this country ILLEGALY and rape and kill Americans? Go back to California
what if this evil judge was turned into a defenseless woman and experienced what the women raped by these gang members felt, bet he would change his mind then. Like an episode of Twilight zone back in the day. The lack of empathy for the actual victims by the left tells you who they really are!
He’s not a gang member. Never was. That’s a proven lie from your cult masters. Also, we have this thing called the US Constitution which you’ve never heard about.
I think you’re confused. This isn’t about the MD illegal who is a MS-13 member. It is about 2-3 flights of Tren de Aragua gang bangers deported to El Salvador a few weeks before that.
Your grasp of basic facts tends to undermine your constitutional lawyering a bit or even a lot. Thanks for playing, though. Cheers –
Boasberg is a deviant psychopath
Deviant psychopath?!? He’s upholding your Constitutional Rights, kiddo. Show some gratitude.
What part of “Law and Order” do you not understand, MAGA? And if Trump continues to defy the 9-0 Supreme Court Abrego Garcia order, there can only be one appropriate response – impeachment.
Would you defy a Court order and expect to get away with it? No, I didn’t think so either.
Dog, An unelected, left-wing judge who hasn’t the power to hold the government in contempt is on a fool’s errand. He’ll get nowhere, maybe impeached. And going up against Trump hasn’t worked for any judge yet.
Back to junior high for you, Dog. And pay your bills to MRAK ……..freeloader.
Bring Mr. Garcia Home
He is home. In El Salvador.
Hes a Salvadoran citizen, he is home.
This isn’t about the MS-13 guy. It’s about 2-3 flights of Tren de Arugua gang bangers deported to El Salvador a few weeks earlier. At least get the easy facts right before you start bloviating. Cheers –
The U.S.Constitution says otherwise. Letittya James on the other hand is in fact, subject to the courts.
We know what the future holds: Trump will be arrested by a future president for a litany of crimes ranging from sexual assault to contempt of court. And he’ll be deported to a grimy prison in some foreign land, far from the influence of America’s politics (Botswana? Myanmar? Greenland?) where he will be forced to bargain for his life by performing unspeakable services. The future president will shrug off the criticism of Trump’s treatment: “Whaddya gonna do about it? That’s how we’ve been doin it since ’25. “
The REAL criminal here is the judge. Overstepping his scope of authority on issues that are clearly in the domain of the Executive Branch, thereby violating the Seperation of Powers Doctrine. But more importantly, this feckless, hyper-partisan judge is in essence placing an M-13 gangbanger’s rights over the government’s ability to protect the American public. This judge is a sick b*stard. Articles of Impeachment should be filed immediately.
First off, he’s never been a gang member, you’re lair just like the Trump Administration. Second off, his Constitutional Rights are YOUR Constitutional Rights.
You don’t know anything about the US Constitution, your rights, up verses down, nothing… and you want a tyrant to rule over you.
From ‘Justice.gov: https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1396906/dl?inline
He has no constitutional rights dude-he’s not a citizen. Guessing you aren’t either.
Wrong again. If you had ever bothered to know anything about the country you live in, you’d know the US Constitution applies to everyone under American jurisdiction regardless of status. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Legal speak for treasonous coup-de-tat. Impeach this idiot – he is unconstitutionally attempting to seize power over the presidency. POTUS has more patience than me – I’d be holding boasberg in contempt of his oath of office.
I wonder how impeachment proceedings against Boasberg are going. His ridiculous orders SHOULD be ignored. His daughter is a hard-left activist who advocates for illegal aliens. He is clearly attempting to use his position of power to further radical leftist causes.
At the end of the day, this is just “virtue signalling” by a left-wing activist. In the separation of powers we have in our government, the SCOTUS is the entity of the Judicial branch that has power over the Executive branch, not district courts. But it makes headlines, and gets them publicity, so they keep doing things like this. Boasberg does not have the authority at his level to tell the Executive branch what it legally can or cannot do and he knows it. He can “find them in contempt” all he wants, but it has to go to the SCOTUS to have any effect.
I find it utterly fascinating that the left is falling all over themselves to support illegal alien criminals. Democratic strategist James Carville says that Democrats “should fight on” this issue, Democratic Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to try and free and apparently illegally traffic a wife beating illegal alien gangbanger who has been scheduled for deportation from the US for years. The amount of contempt for American citizens by the left is truly remarkable, the amount of gaslighting regarding the rule of law is hysterical in just how convoluted it has become for the left to try and justify the mental gymnastics they take part in all because they dislike one guy.