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Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. “How should I determine who the contemner or contemners are?” federal District Court Judge James Boasberg asked Deputy ...

The ability of federal judges to hold the Trump administration in contempt for defying their orders could be undermined by legislation approved by a House Republican-led committee late Wednesday in a ...

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden has declined to bring contempt charges against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who arrested a man in the middle of his trial last month — and ...

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked District Court Judge James Boasberg from moving forward with contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials over deportation flights ...

Carroll County defense attorney Jason Swindle was sentenced to 20 days in jail for contempt after failing to appear at the start of a jury trial and arriving impaired. Judge Dustin Hightower ruled ...