Closing summary
This brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will be back at it on Tuesday morning, but in the meantime, here are the latest developments:
Ghislaine Maxwell asked the supreme court to overturn her conviction for taking part in and facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, arguing that a non-prosecution agreement with the late sex offender struck by federal prosecutors in Florida in 2008 should have barred any of his co-conspirators from prosecution as well.
Donald Trump said that he did indeed bar Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club for “inappropriate” behavior. But the president explained that what was inappropriate was not, as his aides have suggested, doing something lewd or illegal, but hiring away staff from the club.
An Israeli settler who was sanctioned by Joe Biden as a violent extremist, but removed from the sanctions list by Trump, was arrested in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday after the fatal shooting of a Palestinian activist. The Palestinian man who was killed was denied entry to the United States last month when he arrived in San Francisco for a series of planned talks sponsored by faith groups, including a progressive Jewish synagogue.
The US justice department filed a misconduct complaint against a federal judge who has clashed with the administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador over private comments first reported by a far-right publication.
Justice department files complaint against federal judge who suggested Trump might ignore courts
The US justice department filed a misconduct complaint on Monday against the federal judge who has clashed with Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The attorney general, Pam Bondi, wrote on social media that she had directed the filing of the complaint against US district judge James Boasberg “for making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration.”
The complaint stems from remarks Boasberg reportedly made in March to the supreme court’s chief justice, John Roberts, and other federal judges saying the administration might trigger a constitutional crisis by disregarding federal court rulings, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Associated Press.
According to the far-right publication The Federalist, the comments attributed to Boasberg were included in a memorandum written by another judge to summarize what was said at a private breakfast meeting of about 30 judges and the chief justice.
The comments “have undermined the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary”, the complaint says, adding that the administration has “always complied with all court orders”. Boasberg is among several judges who have questioned whether the administration has complied with their orders.
The meeting took place days before Boasberg issued an order blocking deportation flights that Trump was carrying out by invoking wartime authorities from an 18th century law.
The judge’s verbal order to turn around planes that were on the way to El Salvador was ignored. Boasberg has since found probable cause that the administration committed contempt of court.
