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Update from Alan Feuer
And that's it. Hearing over. There will be an expedited discovery period, with depositions set to be completed by 4/23.
HAPPENING NOW: At the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis is set to begin a hearing on the governmentās efforts ā or lack thereof ā to āfacilitateā the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly removed to El Salvador. Follow along for updates ā¬ļø
Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though heās not charged with any crime and thereās no evidence that heās MS-13. āHis answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOTā
HAPPENING NOW: At the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis is set to begin a hearing on the governmentās efforts ā or lack thereof ā to āfacilitateā the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly removed to El Salvador. Follow along for updates ā¬ļø
People will get impatient with Xinis, as they got impatient with Boasberg as he built a record. But she has to give DOJ every chance to comply, & she has to try different ways of getting the information she's ordered (e.g., sworn declarations or live witness testimony) before she lowers the boom.
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Update from Alan Feuer
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Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts
Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
And that's it. Hearing over. There will be an expedited discovery period, with depositions set to be completed by 4/23.
A federal judge just ordered intensive expedited discovery into Trumpās illegal deportation of Abrego Garcia. The latest:
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