Those flights did not turn around, and another took off later. This led to Chief Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia finding probable cause to hold the Trump ...

But, as the Supreme Court said in United States v. United Mine Workers (1947), “a defendant may be punished for criminal contempt for disobedience of an order later set aside on appeal.” ...

Boasberg is now probing whether the Trump administration violated his order to return the migrants, and warned that he could hold officials in contempt of court. The Justice Department asked an ...

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked District Court Judge James Boasberg from moving forward with contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials over deportation ...

By Alan Feuer A federal appeals court on Friday night put off for the moment a plan by a trial judge to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated an ...

A divided federal appeals court panel on Friday temporarily halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over its deportation flights to El ...

In a 2-1 ruling, with Obama-appointed judge Nina Pillard dissenting, the court put a temporary hold on Boasberg’s determination finding probable cause the administration committed contempt of ...

A federal appeals court temporarily paused a lower court’s ruling that found probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for not returning planes of illegal ...

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency appeal Friday for a stay or court-ordered pause on any criminal contempt of court proceedings for disobeying Judge James Boasberg's ...

In a separate case, a federal judge found the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court on Wednesday for violating his order last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to El ...