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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg upped his feud with President Trump on Wednesday by finding probable cause to hold his administration in contempt of court for continuing to carry out deportations to El Salvador despite the judge’s orders to turn around planes.
Judge Boasberg, an Obama appointee to the court in the District of Columbia, said he would give Mr. Trump’s team a chance to fix the situation by giving hundreds of gang suspects a chance to challenge their deportations. Otherwise, he said, he would figure out which Trump officials are responsible for defying his orders, and he would refer them for criminal prosecution.
He said if the Justice Department refused, he would appoint another attorney to prosecute the case.