by Lauren Irwin at The Hill
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the district judge who ordered the Trump administration to return deportation flights over the weekend has “no right” to be asking questions about the specifics.
“Our lawyers are working on this, we will answer appropriately,” Bondi said Wednesday on Fox News. “But what I will tell you is, this judge has no right to ask those questions.”
District Judge James Boasberg originally gave the Trump administration a Tuesday deadline to reply to questions about the flights carrying members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). He extended the deadline a day, giving the administration until Thursday to provide the requested information.
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 over the weekend. Boasberg expanded a temporary block on the deportations of five migrants and verbally ordered the plane carrying nearly 300 alleged TdA members not to leave the U.S. or to turn around if it had already taken off.
In a fiery Monday hearing,…
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