Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights

Jeb Boasberg's Contempt Trap Snaps Shut

The chief judge of the D.C. district court just won back-to-back writs of mandamus, a rare feat. No green jacket but rather another black mark for Judge James Boasberg.

US Appeals Court Blocks Judge from Pursuing Contempt Proceedings Over Trump's Deportation Flights

The US Supreme court has prevented a federal judge from pursuing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration's deportation flights. The case involves an ongoing legal battle and involvement in controversial deportation flights carried out by Trump administration officials. US District Judge James Boasberg was ordered to end his probe on why the Trump administration failed to return a plane carrying Venezuelan migrants and asylum seeker…

Blanche torches Trump foe Boasberg after appeals court blocks judge again in deportation fight

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tore into Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday, accusing him of targeting DOJ attorneys, after an appellate court rebuked the Obama-appointed judge for a second time in an ongoing immigration case. “Today’s decision by the DC Circuit should finally end Judge Boasberg’s year-long campaign against the hardworking Department attorneys doing their jobs fighting illegal immig…

D.C. Circuit rebukes Judge Boasberg, orders end to contempt probe over Trump deportation flights

A divided federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a decisive legal victory Tuesday, ruling that Chief Judge James Boasberg must terminate his criminal contempt investigation into administration officials over deportation flights that carried Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last March. The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found...

DC Circuit Court Issues Extraordinary Rebuke to Radical Judge Boasberg - Citing “Abuse of Discretion” and Judicial Overreach

James Boasberg is the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in D.C. He’s also the nakedly activist judge who tried to get planes with gang members to turn around as the administration was deporting them to El Salvador. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered District Judge James Boasberg to drop his probe into whether Trump administration officials, including then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, defied h…

Contempt proceedings against Trump administration must stop, judge rules

A divided U.S. appeals court panel has ruled that an “intrusive” criminal contempt investigation into the Trump administration over deportation flights to El Salvador must stop.