Chief Judge threatens criminal contempt
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With patience running low, the chief judge in Minnesota threatened criminal contempt against the Trump administration for violating hundreds of court orders. The post Judge calls DOJ 'superiors' on carpet,
Judge Eric Tostrud finds Trump administration in civil contempt after ICE released detainee in Texas without belongings.
A federal judge who took the extraordinary step of holding a government lawyer in contempt of court earlier this week blasted the Justice Department for its handling of immigration cases on Friday.
"In other words, ICE was informed of the Order," the judge summarized. "ICE represented [he] would not be moved...But ICE transferred [him] from Minnesota to Texas."
Attorneys who succeeded in blocking a middle-of-the-night effort to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan minors over the Labor Day weekend are now seeking a civil contempt of court ruling against the Trump administration for allegedly circumventing a judge’s order that continues to bar their deportation.