A federal appeals court late Friday temporarily halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt investigation against the Trump administration after he accused officials of failing to comply with his order regarding deportation flights to El Salvador last month.
A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit emphasized that its order “should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits” of Boasberg’s decision. The decision is instead intended to provide “sufficient opportunity” for the court to consider the appeal by the Trump administration, the decision noted.
