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I had no knowledge from my client that was the case, ... I made diligent efforts to obtain that information” from the Department
OK. So it seems to me that there is a fair likelihood that that is not correct, and in fact, that the government acted in bad faith throughout that day,
The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion,
Nor has the government stated that, if the Court were to stay its postponement order, it will not immediately move forward with the removal of any Venezuelan TPS holder,
So what you were willing to do by trying to do this as quickly as possible and avoid being enjoined by the court was to risk putting people on those planes who shouldn’t have been on the planes in the first place,
Boasberg said later in the hearing [T]heir description of the Order is at odds with the terms of the Order, and their description of the ruling that prompted it is inaccurate as well,
she wrote, denying the request [T]hat is a disingenuous argument,
Chen wrote Friday, rejecting the administration's request for a stay The government made a choice here to produce no evidence,
I don’t think anyone defied an order by a judge. That’s pending in court right now,
If you really believed everything you did that day was legal and would survive a court challenge, you wouldn’t have operated the way you did,
It was certainly operationally feasible for those planes to bring individuals back to the United States,
Lo and behold, at least one that we know of shouldn’t have been there in the first place,
I diligently tried to obtain that information and was not able to do so,
Why wouldn’t the prudent thing be to say, ‘Let’s slow down here. Let’s see what the judge says?’
Can you point me to a single case where unclassified information is covered by the state secrets privilege?”
Boasberg asked, calling the invocation "pretty sketchy." So you standing here have no idea who made the decision to not bring the planes back?”
So then it’s not crazy to infer there was prior knowledge and actions ahead of the Saturday night deportations?"
You maintain that the government was in full compliance with the court’s order on March 15, correct?"
Judge to Justice Dept attorney: 'If I don't find your arguments convincing.... how should I determine who" to subject to further scrutiny?
In a follow-up post on X, MacFarlane said You really don't know? I’m interested in finding that out,
