Julie Kelly
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As you recall, Steve, that was during this hearing on the evening of March 15th, where Jeb Bosberg ordered the return of two planes out of U.S.
airspace carrying illegal Venezuelans tied to Trende Aragua.
And this was the basis of the president's Alien Enemies Proclamation, Alien Enemies Act Proclamation.
Those planes had already departed.
The U.S., out of Texas, they were headed for Central America.
Jeb Bosberg said during the hearing, return the planes.
He then, in a written order issued about an hour later, never said anything about returning the planes.
Nevertheless, he has since accused the Trump DOJ of contempt of court in April of this year, said that he had concluded, found probable cause that they did, and wanted to move forward with more inquiry and possible
possibly a criminal referral.
And that determination, the probable cause determination, was vacated by a panel of the DC Circuit Court, the appellate court.
However, they kicked it back to Bosberg, basically saying you can restart the proceedings, which he did today.
And this is going to get very dicey, especially for the Trump Department of Justice.
And he has set a schedule for Monday, this Monday, asking both sides, the Trump DOJ and the ACLU who filed the lawsuit, for a list of witnesses.
And Bosberg himself brought up potential witnesses during the hearing today.
Sorry, I thought I did.
So this dates back to March of this year when Jeb Bosberg accused the Trump DOJ of contact.
So that, and this is very convoluted.
It went back to the appellate court.
They vacated.
They reversed him on his probable cause.