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Judge threatens contempt proceedings against Trump administration

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A federal judge says he has probable cause to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating the judge's orders to pause deportation flights to El Salvador in March.

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks to Barbara McQuade, former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Michigan, about what this ruling means and what comes next in this legal showdown.

This segment aired on April 17, 2025.

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