All posts tagged "Judge Boasberg"

Former federal prosecutor and CNN legal expert Elie Honig reacted Friday to comments from Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, who was furious during an impromptu press conference following a major legal blow to the Trump administration.

Honig described the legal impact after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg granted the order, agreeing with the Fed that Trump's repeated attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell indicate the investigation into the Federal Reserve's building renovation was pretextual and politically motivated.

"So first of all, that press conference in itself was extraordinary," Honig said. "Ordinarily, whenever you see a U.S. Attorney call a press conference and address the cameras, it's because there's been an indictment or a conviction or a sentence. I don't think I've ever seen a U.S. attorney or an attorney general call a press conference to complain about a ruling that he or she did not like. That was essentially a public temper tantrum." ...

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Friday to rant at the judicial system during an ongoing clash with U.S. District Court James E. Boasberg.

It's Trump's latest attack since his administration allegedly ignored Judge Boasberg's order to turn around a plane full of Venezuelan immigrants being flown to prison in El Salvador.

On Thursday, Judge Boasberg issued an "angry order," according to The New York Times, telling the administration "to explain why he should not find that officials had violated his instructions for the flights to return to the United States."...