Appeals court weighs fate of judge’s contempt probe over Trump administration deportation flights
The Justice Department is urging an appeals court to end a judge's contempt investigation into whether the Trump administration violated orders regarding the deportation of Venezuelan migrants.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge must end his “unlawful, unnecessary and futile” contempt investigation into whether the Trump administration ignored an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, a Justice Department attorney argued Tuesday before an appeals court that often appeared to be deeply skeptical of the government’s case....
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