The MAGA regime just got slapped with a thunderbolt from the bench.
Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg didn’t mince words. In a rare and dramatic move, the D.C.-based federal judge announced there is probable cause to believe that Trump administration officials committed criminal contempt of court by blatantly ignoring his order and deporting over 130 Venezuelan migrants—without due process, and in direct defiance of a binding judicial ruling.
This wasn’t a bureaucratic oversight. It was calculated, cold-blooded lawlessness.
Boasberg had issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) explicitly forbidding the removals and even instructed the government that if planes were already in the air, they must be turned around. The administration’s response? Get the flights out faster—before the courts could catch up. And then lie about it.
The migrants were dumped into a known hellhole: a mega-prison in El Salvador, packed with gang members and political dissidents. The Department of Justice knew exactly what it was doing—and it did it anyway.
The court’s patience has clearly snapped. Boasberg accused the DOJ of acting in bad faith, described their actions as a “willful disobedience of judicial orders,” and warned that if this stands, it would “make a solemn mockery of the Constitution itself.”
He’s right.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign—yes, the same enabler defending the government’s illegal deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—was asked point blank in court who ordered the flights to continue. His answer? “Your honor, I don’t know that.”
He doesn’t know. Or won’t say. Either way, it reeks.
The Trump DOJ’s defense? They claim the order didn’t apply once the planes were “outside U.S. airspace.” As if justice has an expiration altitude.
Boasberg isn’t having it. He’s demanding answers. If the administration refuses to comply, he’s prepared to escalate: depositions, sworn testimony, and potentially the appointment of an independent prosecutor to bring charges.
Let that sink in: a sitting federal judge is ready to criminally prosecute top Trump officials for spitting on the Constitution.
This is not just about immigration policy anymore. This is about the rule of law itself—and whether this administration can be held accountable when it chooses to bulldoze the judiciary.
Judge Boasberg’s message is unmistakable: if you treat the Constitution like a napkin, the courts will not be your janitor.
