Trump admin immediately violates judge's orders in high-profile case: court filing

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8. It might be tricky to find the appropriate individual(s) to put in jail.

It's easier to identify a person who has done something than it is to identify someone who has failed to do something. In this case, for example, how do you find the person who did NOT respond to the email? Though if you did, you'd probably still have to determine who it was who instructed the person not to respond.

I assume the person at the DOJ who was ultimately responsible for assuring that access to Mr. Abrego was Pam Bondi. But it might be hard to jail her without proving that she was the reason those attempts to contact him failed.

I guess the point is, when it comes to "the department" failing to follow an order, there's enough potential denial and finger-pointing that it may be difficult to identify one ore more individuals to specifically jail for contempt.

And then to your specific point, I don't think DOJ's failure to do what was asked (provide that access to Mr. Abrego) can necessarily be pinned on the particular lawyers who argued the case and received the directive.