U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis held a hearing on Friday in which the Justice Department was told to deliver information about a man they admitted they had wrongfully deported.
During the hearing, Judge Xinis demanded that the DOJ offer information on the whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a prison in El Salvador earlier this year.
Lawyer Drew Ensign, representing the government for the DOJ, told the judge that he doesn't have that information and his clients haven't given him the information.
Speaking about the matter on MSNBC, legal analyst Lisa Rubin said that what President Donald Trump's administration "is saying, incredibly, incredibly, in a court filing is that such due regard for the administrative power means that she can't put them on any timeline, that judicial review basically doesn't supersede their constitutional authority, subject to the president's ability to control foreign affairs. I expect the judge will have harsh words for them."
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"She does already!" exclaimed MSNBC host Chris Jansing, who then referred to notes being taken in real time in court by MSNBC reporters.
"So, again, this is not exact because they're typing along as quickly as they can," Jansing prefaced. "But she [the judge] affirmed last night, in short order, the court amended its prior order and made clear what the government must do to comply. And she said three areas are first: Current physical location. What steps, if any, have been taken to facilitate the defendant's immediate return? And what state steps will you take and when to return him home?"
Jansing thought that it was "clear."
James Sample, law professor at Hofstra University, agreed, calling the judge's "so minimal."
"We're asking so little. She is asking so little of the government," he said.
Reading more details from court, Jansing relayed that the judge asked again where Garcia was. The DOJ said that they were still "reviewing" the Supreme Court's ruling.
"What do you mean?" the judge asked, according to producers in court. "Where is he?"
"It's incredible," said Sample. "The Supreme Court decision, released yesterday, was four, pages long. Four pages long. This is, I mean, insane."
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