NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." [www.tufts.edu/president/sp...]( ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicvf2osy2hvq6vkjmpj6zxewhcviju73lxsgchujdlphjpebuhjoi
NEW: DOJ goes full "technically correct, the best kind of correct" in a new brief telling Judge Boasberg why it didn't violate his orders—e.g., the court wrote that the govt couldn't "remove" anyone, not "undo removals that have already occurred"! [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiatxvabr5oqhbwm6kzhia6sr5b6ihpzx5dy3evf4p6fvsb74phzxq
NEW: The Trump administration has started new deportation proceedings against Mahmoud Khalil in Louisiana, now claiming he failed to disclose his membership in UNRWA and Columbia U Apartheid Divest and the precise length of his employment at the British Embassy in Beirut. (Links to docs in 🧵 below) [Trump Administration Lodges Ne...]( )
NEW: Judge Boasberg orders DOJ to file by noon tomorrow, under seal (and ex parte), more info about the two planes that were in the air when the judge issued his temporary restraining order, to assess whether DOJ violated his order. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreib2wahez4i7zxxiwustyugccdldkgsnyjdfnskau6ou7aib7pwgby
HEARING STARTING SOON (5 p.m. ET). Listen on the public line: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816 (then press the pound sign). RE: View quoted note →
Judge Boasberg to DOJ: Nah, we're having the hearing RE: https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiczekkvmdwcndhsqofpseixeo7bdnzl7droc4wapxs6wqd4rbxioa View quoted note →
!! NEW: DOJ demands that the DC Circuit immediately reassign the case from Judge Boasberg, calling his questions "flagrantly improper" [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidwvd6zffe3ynhmxoycxihucki7337pyxxrbzstbj7a2ush4iuyuu
!!! NEW: DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that he should CANCEL the 5 p.m. hearing "because there has been no violation of the Court's orders, and because the government is not prepared to disclose any further national security or operational security details." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiflbnj7hjfk6caibt7yye2kmh3gbphcruy2jroth33lkgh4zpv6xe
NEW: 17 pages of letters testifying to Mahmoud Khalil's character from his friends, colleagues, and teachers—some Jewish [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiggqfjmg6aiv2m6ekdmuilfwkkairyypxjf3zfnfloyomadrhgm5i
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife, Noor, files an upsetting but powerful statement with the court: "The past week has been the worst of my life, and I find myself without my single greatest source of support, in my time of greatest need." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicsti2xfwlnyp6e6d3kse3fpbitfckf66kot26vlxi6xts43aqwyu