A federal appeals court heard arguments on Sept. 29 on whether a federal judge may continue a criminal-contempt inquiry into Trump administration officials who carried out Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador last year.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held a hearing to consider if Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg can keep probing who decided not to turn around airplanes that left the United States on March 15, 2025, after he issued an oral order and a temporary restraining order blocking the removals.
Boasberg ruled that the federal government appeared to have acted in bad faith when it rushed to organize three deportation flights while the court was holding emergency proceedings to evaluate the lawfulness of the operation….