Trump Invokes State Secrets Privilege and Warns Judge Boasberg

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On Monday evening, the Trump DOJ said it was exercising the State Secrets Privilege and informed Judge James Boasberg that it would no longer provide him with any information about deportation flights.

“The Executive Branch hereby notifies the Court that no further information will be provided in response to the Court’s March 18, 2025, Minute Order based on the state secrets privilege and the concurrently filed declarations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security,” the DOJ wrote.

Judge Boasberg said Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport criminal aliens is “incredibly troublesome and problematic” and threatened the Trump administration with consequences if they violate his order in the future.

Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem signed declarations in support of the invocation of state secret privilege to deny Boasberg’s demand for details on Venezuelan terror flights.

On Tuesday morning, Judge Boasberg gave the lawyers of the deported aliens until next Monday to respond.

Trump warned the judge not to create a constitutional crisis.


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Anonymous
Anonymous
1 month ago

About time !!!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 month ago

It seems we live in Brazil now.

Peter B. Prange,
Peter B. Prange,
1 month ago

The situation is ridiculous. This is a gross failure of the judicial branch, especially the Supreme Court, to enforce the Constitution’s separation of powers. It is time the warnings of Jefferson about “judicial review” be heeded, and the Supreme Court throw out the nonsense.

Last edited 1 month ago by Peter B. Prange,