The Trump administration has been accused of ignoring or flat-out defying recent federal court orders, with two judges now weighing contempt findings against officials.
Washington-based District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday's ratcheted up the pressure when he announced there is probable cause to find the government in contempt.
Officials had shown "willful disregard" for his order that planes carrying Venezuelan alleged gang members be returned to the United States before they could be deported to El Salvador, Boasberg wrote.
Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government wrongly deported to El Salvador, on Tuesday chastised the administration for its inaction amid signs she would also consider whether to hold officials in contempt.
Her warning follows a Supreme Court decision that said the government must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia's return to the United States.
Washington-based District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday's ratcheted up the pressure when he announced there is probable cause to find the government in contempt.
Officials had shown "willful disregard" for his order that planes carrying Venezuelan alleged gang members be returned to the United States before they could be deported to El Salvador, Boasberg wrote.
Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government wrongly deported to El Salvador, on Tuesday chastised the administration for its inaction amid signs she would also consider whether to hold officials in contempt.
Her warning follows a Supreme Court decision that said the government must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia's return to the United States.
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00:00The Trump administration has been accused of ignoring or flat-out defying recent federal
00:05court orders, with two judges now weighing contempt findings against officials.
00:10Washington-based District Judge James Bosberg on Wednesdays ratcheted up the pressure when
00:15he announced there is probable cause to find the government in contempt.
00:18Officials had shown willful disregard for his order that planes carrying Venezuelan
00:23alleged gang members be returned to the United States before they could be deported to El
00:28Salvador, Bosberg wrote.
00:30Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the
00:36government wrongly deported to El Salvador, on Tuesday chastised the administration for
00:41its inaction amid signs she would also consider whether to hold officials in contempt.
00:46Her warning follows a Supreme Court decision that said the government must facilitate
00:50Abrego Garcia's return to the United States.