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Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

Judge Who Blocked Trump's Deportation Flights to Oversee Signal Chat Lawsuit

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

The Epoch Times

Government, Education

4.9594 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A lawsuit filed over the Signal chat leaks has gone to a judge overseeing several other Trump cases. Judge James Boasberg will oversee the lawsuit, in addition to cases on blocking Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and deportation flights, among others.

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A lawsuit filed over the signal chat leaks has been assigned to a judge overseeing several other Trump cases.

0:07.0

Most notably, the blocking of Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and deportation flights to El Salvador.

0:14.0

And on the signal chat leaks, the White House has tapped Elon Musk at the Doge Department

0:20.0

to investigate how a journalist was added

0:22.5

to the chat group. And in other news, Trump has enacted a new wave of 25% tariffs on foreign-made

0:30.1

cars and trucks, and these are aimed at bringing back the American auto manufacturing industry.

0:35.7

I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua

0:38.4

Philip and you're listening to Crossroads.

0:45.8

A lawsuit filed over the signal chat leaks has now gone to a judge who's also seeing a long

0:53.1

list of other anti-Trump cases. Judge James Bousberg, he's going to

0:57.3

oversee the lawsuit in addition to overseeing the case on blocking Trump's invocation of the Alien

1:04.2

Enemies Act, the deportation flights, other cases on the federal grant funding freeze, also records being sought by the Doge

1:13.0

department, and he's also using the signal case to put a hold on all Trump signal communications,

1:20.6

meaning, well, they might be able to get all the communications of Trump and the people around him.

1:25.5

Now look first on this signal lawsuit, it's being brought by the nonpartisan government

1:31.0

watchdog group American oversight, which is alleging that the Trump administration officials

1:36.2

in that signal chat, they say the violated federal records acts.

1:40.9

And remember, this is the chat where Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth, National Security

1:45.0

Advisor Michael Walls, Vice President J.D. Vance, and 15 other senior national security officials

1:51.8

and said they were discussing basically plans to strike the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Hill said

1:58.8

this. U.S. District Court Judge James Bousberg, who has been assigned to

2:03.2

President Trump's Venezuela deportation case, has now been assigned to the lawsuit about the Trump

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