A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”

#law #Trump #RevengePolitics

#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping

…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.

#law #immigration #AbuseOfPower

“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.

Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”

#Trump #law #immigration #judiciary

According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.

The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.

#Trump #law #immigration

@cdarwin
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#Boasberg

If the reporters and newsmedia just deleted that app, only a few thousand #MAGA folks will see his crap. But, is his posts auto posted to X after 3 hr on Truth Social?

😵‍💫 “Wacky, Nasty, Crooked, and totally Out of Control" and “Cases don’t matter, the Judge does!” #Trump

🤣If you see an image of his #truthsocial posts, the likes and boost numbers are small

“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”

#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.

#MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #FederalReserve #economy