A federal appeals court Friday shut down Judge James Boasberg’s attempt to pursue criminal contempt charges against figures in the Trump administration.
In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that Boasberg’s orders were overly “ambiguous” and left too much room for interpretation. The panel also found that Boasberg’s attempt to hold administration officials in contempt for failing to follow an order that was later overturned by the Supreme Court was unprecedented.
“The district court’s order exceeds the contempt power and intrudes on the powers of the Executive Branch,” Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling obtained by The Washington Times.
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