'Very big deal': 'Astonished' ex-judge sounds alarm at Trump's latest act of defiance
1 week, 2 days ago

'Very big deal': 'Astonished' ex-judge sounds alarm at Trump's latest act of defiance

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Former federal Judge John E. Jones III made clear the significance of the Trump administration’s bold defiance of a court order to return deportation flights to the United States – a move he called “a very big deal.” Jones on Monday ripped into President Donald Trump and his administration’s refusal to comply with a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg over the weekend as Trump used an 18th-century law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. “I'm astonished by that,” Jones said as he chuckled during a CNN interview to reports that a former Trump administration official said earlier on the network that communication delays contributed to the administration disobeying the judge’s order. You know, at this point, I find that again, to be an argument that just doesn't hold water.” He then went on to knock White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s legal conclusions that “a single judge in a single city” didn’t have jurisdiction because the government planes had already approached international waters. “Good luck with that argument.” The former federal judge predicted that “potential sanctions” against government attorneys could emerge from the court hearing scheduled for Monday.

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