US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations
US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations
US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations
Judge also warned he could name independent prosecutor if White House stonewalled contempt proceedings
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that there was probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt for violating his temporary injunction that barred the use of the Alien Enemies Act wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
In a scathing 46-page opinion, James Boasberg, the chief US district judge for Washington, wrote that senior Trump officials could either return the people who were supposed to have been protected by his injunction, or face contempt proceedings.
The judge also warned that if the administration tried to stonewall his contempt proceedings or instructed the justice department to decline to file contempt charges against the most responsible officials, he would appoint an independent prosecutor himself.
Good luck!
Unreal how many are still under some strange belief that the court system matters anymore. They have a dictator with 34 felony convictions who has never stepped foot in a prison as their glorious leader and they still think the court system works.
Plausible deniability.
But the courts putting ten toes down and saying they must be returned is important. Even tho that prison they're being sent to is a literal death camp, it's far away and there's plausible deniability about what's happening.
It's literally the same thing Germans went thru during WW2, lots of them, especially the military, had no idea what was actually happening and thought it was just prison.
You may not understand why the courts making a stand here is important. But them not doing pushes back the timeline of us getting out of this by years.
This is a very important step, and trump didn't take the time to undermine the courts before pulling it.
This leads to less people suffering, so it's very important to understand and support the parts of our legal system that is actually trying to do something. Even if they fail, it's important they're doing it.
Just in general, I'm tired of people acting like trying is only worth it when you know you're winning.
Everyone needs to wake the fuck up to this not being a battle, it's a war. And you never win a war without losing a few battles.