JUST IN: Judge Boasberg Responds to Trump DOJ’s Invocation of State Secrets Privilege
Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday morning responded to the Trump DOJ’s move to exercise the State Secrets Privilege and gave lawyers for the deported criminal aliens until March 31 to file a response.
On Monday evening, the Trump DOJ said it is exercising the State Secrets Privilege and informed Judge James Boasberg it will no longer provide him with any information related to deportation flights.
Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has been grilling DOJ lawyers about the Trump Administration’s move to deport dangerous Venezuelan aliens under the Alien Enemies Act.
Judge Boasberg said Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport criminal aliens is “incredibly troublesome and problematic” and threatened the Trump Admin with consequences if they violate his order in the future.
On Monday evening, the DOJ had enough of Judge Boasberg’s intrusive orders and invoked the State Secrets Privilege.
“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.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi told the judge that President Trump has plenary authority under Article II to remove from the homeland designated terrorists.
On Tuesday morning, Judge Boasberg gave the lawyers of the deported aliens until next Monday to respond.
Judge Boasberg previously pushed back on the Trump DOJ’s argument that state secrets applied to this case.
Last week Boasberg said disclosing sensitive information won’t put state secrets in danger because Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly spoken about the deportation flights.
The DOJ on Monday evening straight up told Boasberg you will get no more information related to the deportation flights and that’s the end of the story.
The details about the deportation flights are none of Boasberg’s business, the DOJ said in its Monday night filing.
“No more information is needed to resolve any legal issue in this case. Whether the planes carried one TdA terrorist or a thousand or whether the planes made one stop or ten simply has no bearing on any relevant legal issue. The need for additional information here is not merely “dubious,” or “trivial,” it is non-existent. The Executive Branch violated no valid order through its actions, and the Court has all it needs to evaluate compliance. Accordingly, the Court’s factual inquiry should end,” the DOJ said.
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg gives lawyers for Venezuelan deportees until March 31 to respond to Trump administratio’s invocation of the state secrets privilege.
He has previously expressed doubts whether the privilege applies in this scenario. pic.twitter.com/tIXYh75qHR
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 25, 2025
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