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In It to Win It

(12,499 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:25 AM Jan 13

JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there's no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies

JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-01-13T04:16:29.007Z

NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the court that any effort to provide due process to the 137 deported Venezuela men could damage nascent negotiations with Delcy Rodrigues — and invite anti-American subterfuge.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-01-13T06:15:12.534Z
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JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there's no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies (Original Post) In It to Win It Jan 13 OP
BULL. SHIT. eppur_se_muova Jan 13 #1
A gaggle of them will end up in prison. IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 13 #10
But but but lapfog_1 Jan 13 #2
Twat. SalamanderSleeps Jan 13 #3
he's such a fucking little WORM Skittles Jan 13 #4
Hope the judge says tough shit Figarosmom Jan 13 #5
Jail Rubio Roy Rolling Jan 13 #6
Who is going to arrest him? SamuelTheThird Jan 13 #9
A judge can appoint people to do so. orangecrush Jan 13 #11
Let's hope. yellow dahlia Jan 13 #13
Contempt! BidenRocks Jan 13 #7
Nonsense! Trump has a gun to Delcy's head. She'll do anything he wants. SunSeeker Jan 13 #8
Hope the judge tells them they better find a way. sinkingfeeling Jan 13 #12

eppur_se_muova

(41,222 posts)
1. BULL. SHIT.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:37 AM
Jan 13

Micro Rubio is going to go down with Trmp maybe harder than anybody -- maybe even harder than Miller.

lapfog_1

(31,767 posts)
2. But but but
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:39 AM
Jan 13

Trump says he is acting President of Venezuela!!!

Which is it? If he is President, then he snaps his fingers and they are on the next military transport home to USA

Or...

He really isn't President, so whatever he is telling the oil companies is a fairy tale.

Roy Rolling

(7,501 posts)
6. Jail Rubio
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 03:07 AM
Jan 13

Fuck them. Start the arrests by whoever of conscience is left to do it.

Stop playing around.

orangecrush

(29,233 posts)
11. A judge can appoint people to do so.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:57 AM
Jan 13

"Yes, a judge absolutely can appoint someone, like private counsel or a special process server, to enforce a contempt order if regular law enforcement, such as sheriffs or marshals, are unwilling or unable to act, using mechanisms like Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 70 to have a court-appointed person perform the required act at the disobedient party's expense. This power ensures courts maintain authority, especially when dealing with government defiance or recalcitrant parties, allowing for appointment of private attorneys for criminal contempt or special individuals for civil enforcement. "

SunSeeker

(57,855 posts)
8. Nonsense! Trump has a gun to Delcy's head. She'll do anything he wants.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 03:46 AM
Jan 13

And already has. If she let the slaughter of 80 of her countrymen and the kidnapping of her president slide, she sure as fuck won't object if Trump gives 137 Venezuelans due process.

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