In a 46-page opinion...
Quite full of himself, this judge is.
Yes. Please do this.
Note to self: buy more popcorn.
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In a 46-page opinion...
Quite full of himself, this judge is.
Yes.
Please do this.
Note to self: buy more popcorn.
Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday said he found probable cause to hold the Trump Administration in criminal contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes carrying dangerous Venezuelan gang members.
In a 46-page opinion, Judge Boasberg said the Trump Administration showed willful defiance that amounts to criminal contempt.
Boasberg also threatened to appoint a prosecutor if the Trump Administration won’t prosecute the criminal contempt.
“In the event that Defendants do not choose to purge their contempt, the Court will proceed to identify the individual(s) responsible for the contumacious conduct by determining whose “specific act or omission” caused the noncompliance. At the suggestion of the Government in the last hearing, the Court will begin by requiring declarations. Should those be unsatisfactory, the Court will proceed either to hearings with live witness testimony under oath or to depositions conducted by Plaintiffs. The next step would be for the Court, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to “request that the contempt be prosecuted by an attorney for the government. If the government “declines” or “the interest of justice requires,” the Court will “appoint another attorney to prosecute the contempt,” Judge Boasberg wrote. . .
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>Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday said he found probable cause to hold the Trump Administration in criminal contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes carrying dangerous Venezuelan gang members.
>In a 46-page opinion, Judge Boasberg said the Trump Administration showed willful defiance that amounts to criminal contempt.
>Boasberg also threatened to appoint a prosecutor if the Trump Administration won’t prosecute the criminal contempt.
>“In the event that Defendants do not choose to purge their contempt, the Court will proceed to identify the individual(s) responsible for the contumacious conduct by determining whose “specific act or omission” caused the noncompliance. At the suggestion of the Government in the last hearing, the Court will begin by requiring declarations. Should those be unsatisfactory, the Court will proceed either to hearings with live witness testimony under oath or to depositions conducted by Plaintiffs. The next step would be for the Court, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to “request that the contempt be prosecuted by an attorney for the government. If the government “declines” or “the interest of justice requires,” the Court will “appoint another attorney to prosecute the contempt,” Judge Boasberg wrote.
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