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Fox News
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Analyst understands why Trump ‘doesn't trust' Maurene Comey, but says firing is inappropriate
Former deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo discusses Judge James Boasberg's comments about President Donald Trump and the firing of Maurene Comey on 'The Story.'
Fox News
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Judge Boasberg orders Rubio to refer Trump officials' Signal messages to DOJ to ensure preservation
A federal judge on Friday ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also serving as the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump officials that could be at risk of deletion and to refer those messages to the Department of Justice for further review. Judge James Boasberg said his hands were tied beyond that and that he could not do anything about Signal messages that had already been deleted. Boasberg's order came in response to a watchdog group suing five of President Donald Trump's Cabinet members, including Rubio, after the Atlantic published a story revealing their Signal chat discussing imminent plans to conduct airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen. Boasberg, who has become one of Trump's top judicial nemeses because of his rulings in an unrelated immigration case, said the court record shows that the five Trump officials "have thus far neglected to fulfill their duties" under the Federal Records Act. The judge said American Oversight, the left-leaning watchdog that brought the lawsuit, made a strong case that the Cabinet officials have used Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to communicate for work purposes and that they have allowed the messages to auto-delete, likely rendering them permanently lost. But in the context of the Federal Records Act, Boasberg said he had limited options to address American Oversight's allegations aside from demanding that Rubio ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to ensure compliance with the law for existing Signal messages that were at risk of deletion. Chioma Chukwu, executive director of American Oversight, indicated in a statement that the group's lawsuit was over for now but that it was "fully prepared" to sue again if it found the Trump administration failed to comply with Boabsberg's order. "It should never have required court intervention to compel the acting Archivist and other agency heads to perform their basic legal duties, let alone to refer the matter to the Attorney General for enforcement," Chukwu said. The explosive Signal incident involved Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and others communicating about their attack plans in a chat group after then-National Security Adviser Mike Walz apparently accidentally added an Atlantic journalist to the chat. The Trump administration denied wrongdoing and insisted the communication was not "classified." Bondi dodged a question during a press conference about investigating the incident and instead doubled down on the White House's claims that the chat was merely "sensitive" and not "classified." The Pentagon inspector general launched an investigation into the incident in April in response to a bipartisan request from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Epoch Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Appeals Court Pauses Order Granting Due Process to Venezuelan Deportees
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a lower court order that allowed Venezuelan illegal immigrants deported to El Salvador in March to challenge their detention. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an administrative stay on June 10, putting District Judge James Boasberg's June 4 order on hold while it reviews the government's appeal.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump appeals ruling that Venezuelans deported to El Salvador may challenge detention
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling last week that hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions. Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on June 4 also ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate their legal challenges, though he stopped short of expressly ordering the government to bring the Venezuelan migrants currently being held at a mega-prison in El Salvador back to the U.S. Boasberg gave the government one week to detail how it would facilitate the deportees' challenges, known as habeas corpus petitions. The Venezuelans were deported in March after President Donald Trump, a Republican, invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang without going through normal immigration procedures.
Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Violated Rights of Deported Venezuelans, Judge Rules
A US judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the due-process rights of more than 100 Venezuelans deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, and they must now get a chance to challenge their removal. US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington found that the purported gang members never got a chance to challenge their designation as 'alien enemies' before they were sent on March 15 and 16 to the mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT.
