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Contemptible: A Judge Pulls His Trump Card

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A federal judge finds cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights to El Salvador. More Pentagon officials are placed on leave by the Department of Defense after a leak probe. And Britain’s highest court rules against classifying transgender women as women.  Help “Start Here” win a Webby! Follow this link to vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Thursday, April 17th, and contempt doesn't begin to describe the emotions. We start here.

0:38.8

A judge says he's ready to call the White House's bluff and pull his Trump card.

0:44.3

This finding from Judge Boasberg is that there's probable cause for contempt.

0:48.4

We'll walk you through the legal ramifications.

0:51.1

Several officials have been escorted out of the Pentagon.

0:53.9

With a security escort taking these top aides to Pete Hagseth.

1:00.0

Sources say this is about leaking information, but to whom?

1:04.0

And Britain's highest court says trans women don't qualify as women.

1:08.0

I think other countries will look to try to make similar laws so that

1:12.1

this ambiguity is put to bed. This is a landmark ruling, but the debate has been anything but

1:17.3

binary. From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milkey.

1:32.6

We've spoken a lot about the alleged gang members that were deported to El Salvador last month. At so many points, there were moments where the Trump administration was ordered

1:36.8

by the courts not to do this. A federal judge in D.C., James Bosberg, told the Trump administration

1:42.3

to turn two of these planes around while they were in mid-air.

1:46.3

They continued on their way.

1:48.0

Once they arrived, there were questions about one of these men in particular, whom a judge had already ruled should not be sent to El Salvador under any conditions.

1:55.7

Well, despite another judge's ruling, no real effort appears to have been made to get him back,

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