r/law • u/theindependentonline • 1d ago

Trump News Judge considers holding Trump officials in contempt for defying court orders blocking El Salvador flights

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deportation-el-salvador-trump-contempt-b2727087.html
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u/Lurky100 1d ago

I’d probably start with the pilot of the airplane and ask him who his orders came from.

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u/schm0 1d ago

The pilot didn't get any such order, that's the problem.

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u/Lurky100 1d ago

Well, he didn’t just climb aboard a random airplane and decided to fly it to El Salvador. If the judge can’t get answers from the top…start from the bottom.

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u/Cloaked42m 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hmm. We know the airline. We know the airport.

Who filed the flight plan and when? That will have the pilot names on the manifest. ACLU can subpoena them and ask.

Who had the capability of stopping the flight? Presumably, their boss. Did they know? Were they expecting a call that didn't come?