The Trump DOJ stated it’s exercising the State Secrets and techniques Privilege and knowledgeable Choose James Boasberg it’s going to now not present him with any info associated to deportation flights.
Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has been grilling DOJ legal professionals in regards to the Trump Administration’s transfer to deport harmful Venezuelan aliens below the Alien Enemies Act.
Choose Boasberg stated Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport prison aliens is “extremely troublesome and problematic” and threatened the Trump Admin with penalties in the event that they violate his order sooner or later.
On Monday night, the DOJ had sufficient of Choose Boasberg’s intrusive orders and invoked the State Secrets and techniques Privilege.
“The Govt Department hereby notifies the Court docket that no additional info shall be offered in response to the Court docket’s March 18, 2025 Minute Order based mostly on the state secrets and techniques privilege and the concurrently filed declarations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Safety,” the DOJ wrote.
US Legal professional Common Pam Bondi advised the choose that President Trump has plenary authority below Article II to take away from the homeland designated terrorists.
“This can be a case in regards to the President’s plenary authority, derived from Article II and the mandate of the voters, and strengthened by longstanding statute, to take away from the homeland designated terrorists collaborating in a state-sponsored invasion of, and predatory incursion into, the USA. The Court docket has the entire information it wants to deal with the compliance points earlier than it. Additional intrusions on the Govt Department would current harmful and wholly unwarranted separation-of-powers harms with respect to diplomatic and nationwide safety issues that the Court docket lacks competence to deal with,” the DOJ stated.
The DOJ straight up advised Boasberg you’ll get no extra info associated to the deportation flights and that’s the top of the story.
“No extra info is required to resolve any authorized situation on this case. Whether or not the planes carried one TdA terrorist or a thousand or whether or not the planes made one cease or ten merely has no bearing on any related authorized situation. The necessity for extra info right here shouldn’t be merely “doubtful,” or “trivial,” it’s non-existent. The Govt Department violated no legitimate order by means of its actions, and the Court docket has all it wants to judge compliance. Accordingly, the Court docket’s factual inquiry ought to finish,” the DOJ stated.
BREAKING: Trump Administration tells Choose in Alien Enemies Act case it’s going to present him no extra info re the flights and so forth. and is exercising the State’s Secret doctrine. 1/ pic.twitter.com/7nTB4ew2IY
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Earlier Monday Choose Boasberg rejected the Trump Administration’s request to vacate the non permanent restraining order (TRO), however supplied to transform it to a preliminary injunction.
The choose additionally stated the deported prison aliens deserve particular person hearings.
