HooBoy here we go...Criminal contempt for trump

[bagimin]

It had to come to this. Per judge Boasberg from MSNBC.

[FirstLight]

1. please keep this updated!! I don't have TV and it's nowhere on the interwebs yet...

thanks!!!

[gab13by13]

4. Do what I do, and I have cable TV

Get your morning news from freespeechtv.org. Stephanie Miller from 9 AM to 12 PM, Thom Hartman from 12 PM to 3 PM.

Stephanie is no Pulitzer prize winner but she has great guests on her show. Thom Hartmann is my #1 source for news.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Many of us at work can't watch videos

The updates really help us know what is going on.

[gab13by13]

2. Krasnov will take this back to the Supreme Court,

so it's going to be a while before any contempt charges.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. For Trump himself? Is contempt an official act?

Asking for 330 million friends.

[gab13by13]

5. Probably the lawyers,

Isn't Krasnov immune from prosecution?

[JCMach1]

11. SCOTUS need to rule Presidents have an official duty to uphold the Constitution so criminal contempt should apply if it

is a Constitutional matter. i.e. NO IMMUNITY FOR THAT.

[sop]

6. I'm not seeing this on the MSNBC site...

Who reported it?

[bagimin]

8. It was on the Diaz Balart show n/t

[bagimin]

9. Reuters link

https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-finds-trump-administration-disregarded-order-venezuelan-deportations-2025-04-16/

[sop]

12. Did see that. I thought maybe the judge had issued the contempt order this morning.

[MichMan]

7. When will he be going to jail ?

[live love laugh]

13. He's immune it doesn't matter.

[Gaugamela]

14. *COULD* face criminal contempt-- per BBC. Judge gives them a week to respond.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg72d3zpj9xo

[ScratchCat]

15. If Trump instructed anyone to disregard or violate a court order

Then YES, he would be liable for criminal contempt. Article I does not give The Executive Branch the power to instruct others within the Executive Branch to ignore a court order. Therefore, YES, Donald Trump can be prosecuted for criminal contempt as it can't be considered an "official act" of the Presidential powers. If Trump has instructed people to ignore a court order - and it appears he has - then there is no alternative to impeachment and removal. If Democrats do not insist - and I mean refuse to govern until he is removed - there is no reason to vote for them anymore.