Appeals court seems likely to let Boasberg’s contempt probe continue - POLITICO

A federal appeals court appears likely to allow a contempt investigation, which could include criminal charges, to proceed against Trump administration officials…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/james-boasberg-contempt-proceedings-deportations 

Religious groups ask judge to consider contempt over undercover ICE operation - POLITICO

It’s the latest moment of tension between President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and religious institutions. In addition to the potential violation of a court order, the alleged incursion on a house of worship cuts against the administration’s message that any infringement on religious freedom — such as the anti-ICE protest that disrupted services in Minnesota — would be met with severe criminal consequences...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/20/immigration-enforcement-churches-contempt 

Judge holds prosecutors in Charlie Kirk murder case in contempt for comments about the defendant - POLITICO

Graf said the comments about the bullet did not violate the court’s rules, but that Ballard went too far when he went on to say that prosecutors had “ample evidence to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Tyler Robinson committed this murder.” 

The judge said those additional public statements possessed a “substantial likelihood” of prejudicing the case...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/26/judge-holds-prosecutors-in-charlie-kirk-murder-case-in-contempt-for-comments-about-the-defendant-00978658

Boasberg escalates contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act deportations - POLITICO

After lawyers for the men rushed to court overnight to stop the deportations, Boasberg attempted to halt the operation, citing grave concerns about the lack of due process. But the administration refused to turn around planes that had already left U.S. airspace and ultimately handed over the Venezuelan men, despite protests that they had been misidentified…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/judge-boasberg-alien-enemies-act-deportations-el-salvador-00681503 

 

Kristi Noem, This Isn’t Strength...It’s Cruelty #breakingnews #politics ...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BqjxKD9zXX4

Opinion | Trump’s military is hostile to young Black Americans - The Washington Post

"Service provided a twofold bargain for the country and the individual. 

But military service is a profound sacrifice. And when that sacrifice is met with hostility, erasure or contempt from political leaders at the highest levels, we must pause and reassess. 

Is it still worth it?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/27/trump-military-hostile-black-americans/

 

Crime is Like a Denny’s (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The Supreme Court remanded the Alien Enemies Act case back down to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and at least one of the judges isn’t happy about it.

Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Chief of Staff ordered intelligence analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating Trump and Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.

A federal judge found that the Trump Administration violated a court order when it sent a planeload of migrants to war-torn South Sudan, teeing up yet another possible contempt proceeding against the government.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-ykmfn-259b70b8

 

Lawrence: Sen. Van Hollen outsmarted Trump today helping Abrego Garcia get a step closer to justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVs1U9EQMm8

 

 

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump

"Unity at times, is sacrificial, in the way that love is sacrificial, a giving of ourselves for the sake of another. Jesus of Nazareth, in his Sermon on the Mount, exhorts us to love not only our neighbors, but to love our enemies, and to pray for those who persecute us; to be merciful, as our God is merciful, and to forgive others, as God forgives us. Jesus went out of his way to welcome those whom his society deemed as outcasts…"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-sermon-that-enraged-donald-trump

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro ordered to prison despite contempt appeal

Navarro was sentenced last month to four months behind bars after being found guilty of defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House January 6 committee. The former White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump had asked to be free while he fights that conviction and sentence in higher courts...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/08/peter-navarro-prison-sentence-contempt-congress

True the Vote leaders sent to jail after contempt ruling by federal judge - The Washington Post

The organization, which has pushed false claims about the 2020 election, had been sued by a software company that has alleged defamation...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/31/true-vote-leaders-sent-jail-after-contempt-ruling-by-federal-judge/

Musk Buys Twitter, Part 2! (Opening Arguments podcast OA591)

We continue the fascinating deep-dive into the NOT FINAL deal for Musk to buy Twitter. This part goes more into the financing and highlights even more ways the deal might not go through. Then, we’ve got some updates in key stories! Trump has been held in contempt! And briefs for the MTG case are due today.

Interview: 

https://openargs.com/oa591-musk-buys-twitter-part-2/

“Mark Meadows’ Fascist PowerPoint.” (Pod Save America podcast)

The 1/6 Committee charges Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff with criminal contempt of Congress as the former president’s allies prepare for the next coup, Joe Biden and co-president Joe Manchin chat about the future of Build Back Better, Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly’s roadshow is having trouble filling seats, and in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Texas abortion ban, this episode ends with a special feature on the future of Roe v. Wade that includes moving stories from people who’ve already been affected by abortion restrictions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-3pwzu-11a19c26

Jan. 6 panel weighs contempt after brief deposition with former Trump DOJ official Clark | TheHill

"You proposed that the department send a letter to state legislators in Georgia and other states suggesting that they delay certification of their election results and hold a press conference announcing that the department was investigating allegations of voter fraud," the House panel wrote in its October subpoena to Clark…

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/580317-jan-6-panel-weighs-contempt-after-brief-deposition-with-former-trump-doj

The danger is now clear: Trump is destroying democracy in broad daylight

More and more, the president voices contempt for the voting process. Imagine what he’d do if re-elected
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/04/trump-democracy-voting-process-elected

Federal judge holds DeVos in contempt in loan case, slaps Education Department with $100,000 fine - The Washington Post

A federal judge on Thursday held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt for violating an order to stop collecting loan payments from former Corinthian Colleges students. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/24/federal-judge-holds-devos-contempt-loan-case-slaps-education-dept-with-fine/

Trump's Attempt to Tie Gun Reform to Immigration Shows Contempt for Victims - Newsweek

After Tragedies Donald Trump has a history of using harmful, false rhetoric to paint minorities and immigrants as undeserving, dangerous and unwelcome. He claimed immigrants are disproportionately violent and threatening. He told some minorities to "go back" from where they came. He called majority-black cities rat-infested. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-idea-tie-gun-reform-immigration-shows-contempt-those-killed-el-paso-dayton-opinion-1452885

At rally, Trump seethes with elite contempt for Real Americans - The Washington Post: Opinion

The president mocks the high crime rate in Baltimore. Is there no bottom?...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/02/rally-trump-seethes-with-elite-contempt-real-americans/

Attorneys seek emergency court order to end ‘health and welfare crisis’ in migrant detention centers - The Washington Post

On behalf of child migrants, attorneys are seeking to hold the U.S. government in contempt for allegedly failing to follow the law and a court order.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/27/attorneys-seek-emergency-court-order-end-health-welfare-crisis-migrant-detention-centers/

Justice Dept. to Congress: Back off contempt process, or Barr will ask Trump to shield census documents - The Washington Post

Attorney General William P. Barr will ask President Trump to assert executive privilege to shield documents from the administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census if Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee proceed toward holding Barr in contempt, the Justice Department revealed in a letter Tuesday. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/barr-will-ask-trump-to-assert-executive-privilege-over-materials-on-added-census-question-if-lawmakers-dont-back-off-contempt/2019/06/11/ce4fd3dc-8c7d-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html