Contrary to Miller and Trump?
It ain’t OVER yet….
The Federal Judge keeps bitting…
Democrats looking to keep the media attention on this….
A federal judge Tuesday ordered depositions from several Trump officials, blasting the administration for failing to take any steps to secure the return of a Maryland man wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison.
During a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis repeatedly clashed with Drew Ensign, an attorney with the Justice Department, as the judge contended the government had flouted her orders demanding updates on efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return.
“What the record shows is that nothing has been done. Nothing. I asked for reports from individuals withdirect knowledge and I’ve gotten very little information of any value,” the judge said, noting that she gave “a very simple directive” for updates on steps the government had taken.
Xinis, an Obama appointee, said she was holding off at this juncture on deciding whether the government should be held in contempt but would still rule down the road.
For now, the judge ordered the administration to respond to interrogatories and document production requests. She also ordered the four government officials who signed affidavits in the case to sit for depositions by April 23, giving Abrego Garcia’s lawyers a chance to question key immigration officials in the administration.
But Ensign signaled the administration may assert legal privileges to avoid at least one of the depositions. He also suggested the government may appeal Xinis’s order, saying “we dont believe discovery is appropriate.”
“You lost. This is now about the scope of the remedy,” Xinis said, adding that there was nothing to appeal….
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Xinis suggested a fast pace for the depositions and review of discovery — something that would ultimately put her on a path to determining whether to hold anyone from the Trump administration in contempt.
“We’re going to move. There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship and grandstanding,” she said.
“There are no business hours while we do this — there are going to be two intense weeks of discovery,” she added later…
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Democratic lawmakers getting ready for a El Salvador Prison trip….
More congressional Democrats are planning trips to El Salvador to meet with government officials and visit the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported from the United States by the Trump administration.
The various visits are being arranged as awareness — and alarm — continue to grow around the circumstances surrounding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who is now being held in a prison in his home country after Trump officials linked him to gang activity for which he was never charged…
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A ‘unglued’ Stephen Miller fact checked…
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller spewed “nonsense” during his Oval Office rant Monday, according to CNN’s leading fact checker.
Daniel Dale said Tuesday that there wasn’t much truth to Miller’s argument that Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was sent to an El Salvador mega prison on purpose—given the fact that the Trump administration deemed it an “administrative error” three separate times….
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Note….
This MAYBE getting serious….
We’re talking about Lawyers….
Lying to the judge, for the Trump poliitcal types, could cost a lawyer their livelihood, their law license, and a ‘contempt’ charge…
Could we have a ‘coverup’ brewing?
The case has ALREADY had a DOJ lawyer admit Justice Dept. mistakes….
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