Judge scolds Trump officials for continued recalcitrance in Abrego Garcia case

[HereForTheParty]

A federal judge upbraided the Trump administration Friday for what she described as “bad faith” delay tactics in the face of court orders requiring the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by U.S. immigration authorities.

“I’m like the cat with the ball of string and I’m trying to keep up with the ball of string,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said of the administration’s efforts to withhold key details about what it has done to comply with her order to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from a notorious high-security prison in El Salvador.

Xinis, an Obama appointee, described court-ordered depositions provided by key administration officials as a “goose egg.” Those officials repeatedly claimed, under oath, to be unaware of key details about the Trump administration’s effort to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release and return, the judge said.

“What we got was a bunch of ‘I don’t knows,’” she said, emphasizing that she had ordered the administration to produce witnesses with “firsthand knowledge” of efforts related to Abrego Garcia.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/judge-scolds-trump-officials-abrego-garcia-00355259

Friday article - just ran across it. Frustrating.

[malaise]

1. Hold someone accountable

and watch the roaches scatter

[BoRaGard]

2. Bad Faith is the G.O.P. speciality

that and bearing false witness.

[JBTaurus83]

3. Scolding will do nothing.

[republianmushroom]

4. How is that sand pounding, going Judge.

A land of laws, well, for some of us and then there are others, so it seems.

[lamp_shade]

5. Scolds? Scolds? Give me a break!

[Martin Eden]

6. Scold is just as effective as a sternly worded letter

What REAL consequence can any Court apply to a POtuS granted full immunity for presidential actions?

He controls the actual arm of the law, starting with the Justice Dept.