D.C. Chief Judge James Boasberg has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defying his order last month to turn planes around that were removing people to El Salvador under an Alien Enemies Act invocation.
In a Wednesday order, Boasberg gave the government a deadline of April 23 either to comply with his initial order and thereby purge the contempt or, alternatively, identify members of the administration who should be subject to individual sanctions for their role.
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by
officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” the opinion reads.
Read Boasberg’s opinion here: