A federal judge in Minnesota held a Trump administration attorney in civil contempt for “flagrant disobedience of court orders” in the case of a noncitizen swept up in the immigration crackdown there earlier this year.
The contempt finding by US District Judge Laura Provinzino on Wednesday appears to mark the first time a federal attorney has faced court-ordered sanctions during Donald Trump’s second term.
It comes as judges in the Twin Cities and elsewhere have grown increasingly impatient with the administration’s repeated violations of court orders, particularly in fast-moving immigration cases.
The appointee of former President Joe Biden said that starting Friday, the lawyer, Matthew Isihara, must pay $500 each day that the immigrant is not given back identification documents that weren’t initially returned to him when he was released last week from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, as she had ordered.
Hey, what if you fucking arrested them like you would anyone else that was found in contempt?
In before trump tries to pardon them.
It’s amazing how many people know political memes but don’t understand basic concepts like separation of powers.
Trump is the President, this is the Executive Branch.
The judge is part of the Judicial Branch.
Court findings, including contempt, are Judicial functions as are sanctions. The Executive branch has no power over them.
Yes which is why I said tries.
