James Boasberg: “The Trump administration’s willful and knowing actions here constitute probable cause for a finding of contempt.”

The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.

Worse, the government defied the court’s order deliberately and gleefully.

This Court found that the subpoenas were meant to harass Powell and to pressure him to truckle to the President’s policy preferences.

Judges should not work from a desired outcome in assessing the law and facts.