'Trump II Hits A New All-Time Low In Oval Office Debacle'

"Defiance And Mendacity"

"I want to begin today by setting the stage for the hearing scheduled this afternoon at 4 p.m. ET in federal court in Maryland in the case of mistakenly deported and wrongfully imprisoned Kilmar Abrego Garcia."

"We’re five days and counting into the executive branch engaging in ongoing contemptuous behavior toward the judicial branch by refusing to abide by a district court order backed by the Supreme Court. The Trump administration’s conduct has been on brand: egregious, contemptible, and brazen. It has refused to comply with deadlines; rebuffed the judge’s repeated demands for information; shifted its arguments and positions in an attempt to re-litigate already-decided matters; and sent DOJ lawyers into court to absorb judicial fire unarmed with facts or legitimate legal arguments."

"And that’s just touching on how the Trump administration has conducted itself in court...On the underlying case itself, the Trump administration mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia in contravention of an existing order from an immigration judge; it sent the El Salvadoran to a brutal prison in his home country, where he’s been for a month as of today; and there is no evidence of any kind that the Trump administration has lifted a finger to correct its error and to try to retrieve him."

"This was all true even before yesterday’s historically grim Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in which the two heads of state and top Trump officials chortled, bragged, and postured in front of cameras about never releasing Abrego Garcia. To justify defying the courts, human rights, and basic decency, the mendacious cabal in the Oval Office invented, distorted, and disregarded facts about Abrego Garcia, the legal background of his case, and the court orders the administration is currently defying."

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