DOJ invoking state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg information in deportation case

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The Trump administration told Judge James Boasberg on Monday night that it would not disclose additional information about its flights that deported migrants and said to do so would be to divulge state secrets.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Justice Department officials argued that releasing further information about the flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador would jeopardize national security.

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