James Boasberg: “This Court found that the subpoenas were meant to harass Powell and to pressure him to truckle to the President’s policy…”

The Trump administration’s willful and knowing actions here constitute probable cause for a finding of contempt.

We don’t care, we’ll do what we want.

If the DOJ refuses, federal law empowers me to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the defendants for contempt instead, as the interest of justice requires.

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