Trump says judge in migrant deportations case is 'Grandstander'

The judge says the government's filing in the case is "woefully insufficient", but Trump calls him a "Grandstander".

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Judge James Boasberg, the top federal judge in Washington DC, said the government had "evaded its obligations" to answer his questions about how alleged Venezuelan gang members were flown to an El Salvador mega-prison last weekend.

Trump earlier this week called for Judge Boasberg to be impeached, labelling him a "troublemaker and agitator", although he did not name him in that social media post.

Those remarks had led to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr issuing a rare rebuke, saying impeachment is "not an appropriate response to disagreement" with a judge.

Judge Boasberg had asked the government last Saturday to halt the deportation flights, but the White House said it was too late.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wp20zn97jo

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