All posts tagged "Judge James Boasberg"

CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel called "furious" U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's take down of Department of Justice officials a "message" to the entire administration that their continued challenges to the U.S. judicial system "is not acceptable."

DOJ attorneys appeared before Boasberg on Friday, where they continued to defend the administration’s failure to comply with a court order to return flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador.

According to The Washington Post, the judge "dramatically scolded" deputy assistant attorney general Drew Ensign "over the government’s conduct in the case." ...

President Donald Trump claimed Friday that "the law" gave him the authority to deport undocumented migrants without having to explain himself to a judge.

On Friday morning, Trump continued his attack on the judiciary, posting to Truth Social, writing, "No District Court Judge, or any Judge, can assume the duties of the President of the United States. Only Crime and Chaos would result."

The Trump administration is engaged in an ongoing battle with U.S. District Court James E. Boasberg who ordered a plane full of Venezuelan immigrants being flown to prison in El Salvador to be returned to the United States. The administration allegedly ignored the order, then failed to provide supporting documents that the judge requested. ...