The judge, James E. Boasberg, said he was likely to wait until next week to rule on whether the White House was in contempt of court for having ignored his order.

There is a "fair likelihood" the Trump administration violated a court order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely invoked 18th-century law, a U.S. judge said on Thursday. Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg made the comment at a hearing over whether the government violated his…

A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have "acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could block their deportations to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg in Washington pressed a Justice Department lawyer to explain the government's actions in a high-stakes court hearing to determine whether the administration ignored his orders to turn around planes that were carrying deportees to El Salvador. The case has become a flashpoint in a battle between the judiciary and the Trump administration amid mounting White House frustrations over court orders blocking key parts of the president’s sweeping agenda.

A federal judge says the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could step in to block their deportations to El Salvador.

The judge is now deliberating on whether there’s grounds to hold Trump officials in contempt.

A federal judge is scrutinizing whether the Trump administration defied a court order to deport Venezuelans, raising the possibility of contempt in a high-stakes legal fight.