JUST IN: Appeals Court Blocks ‘Rogue’ Judge’s Plot To Hold Trump Officials In Contempt

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against Trump Administration officials after the Obama-appointed judge accused them of refusing to comply with his order to turn around flights loaded with violent foreign gang members.

In a 2-1 ruling, with Judge Nina Pillard, another Obama appointee, in dissent, the court placed a temporary hold on Boasberg’s claims of finding probably cause that the administration defied his March 15 order to turn around flights loaded with deportees as they were headed to El Salvador. The administration has argued that there was no way to comply with the order, as it was hastily handed down and would have created national security and safety risks.