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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward and Josh Marcus

‘Heckuva stretch’: Skeptical judge questions Trump’s defiance over deportation order

The federal judge who blocked Donald Trump’s deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act appeared taken aback by arguments from Department of Justice lawyers claiming that his order from the bench could be ignored because it wasn’t written down.

“You’re telling me you felt you could disregard it because it wasn’t in the written order?” an incredulous U.S. District Judge James Boasberg asked during a hearing in Washington, D.C. Monday.

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