'Go Boasberg, go!' Legal experts sneer as Trump officials again face possible jail time

Legal analysts and observers sneered at Trump administration officials who are now facing renewed contempt proceedings for their attempts to evade court orders banning them from carrying out deportation operations.

Federal Judge James Boasberg of Washington, D.C., said during a hearing on Wednesday that he is considering reviving contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over its efforts to deport immigrants to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison.

The initial contempt proceedings were scheduled to begin earlier this year, but an appeals court paused them as it reviewed the case.

"Justice requires me to move promptly," Boasberg said during the hearing.

Legal experts chimed in on social media.

"Go Boasberg go," Margaret Zhang, law professor at Widener University, posted on Bluesky.

"My favorite and least-favorite question: what if Judge Boasberg holds Judge Bove in contempt?" Maryland attorney Joe Dudek posted on Bluesky.

"Boasberg is legendarily efficient," former DOJ lawyer Brendan Ballou posted on Bluesky. "Absent further stays from the appeals court, we could actually hear testimony on why the government defied a court order."

"Good. The rule of law requires this," author David Pepper, posted on X.