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A federal judge has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court after deportation flights to El Salvador continued despite a direct court order to halt them.

Judge James Boasberg said the administration tried to outrun the legal system — even launching deportation flights during the March 15 court hearing.

Those aboard were deported under Trump’s newly invoked Alien Enemies Act — a wartime law not used since World War II — targeting alleged gang members from Venezuela. But the plaintiffs say their clients were not gang members and that they were ripped off without due process to avoid a Salvadoran prison notorious for human rights violations.

It didn't stop there. Secretary of State Marco Rubio retweeted a mocking post from El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele reading, "Oopsie. Too Late."

Boasberg called the administration's actions "gleeful defiance." The administration has until April 23 to reverse the damage or name names identifying who made the call to ignore the judge.

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