Laura Barron-Lopez:

So, in a filing today, the Trump administration said that it may very well invoke what is known as the state secrets privilege, essentially refusing to disclose information about these deportation flights, saying that it — because of the sensitive information about the operations.

Now, that state secrets privilege is not often used, Geoff, and it’s almost always used only in terms of classified information. And Judge Boasberg in a response today to the administration actually said, to date, the administration has not at all said that they consider this information classified.

Also, the president and the White House have repeatedly claimed that Judge Boasberg is trying to stop the president from deporting criminals. That’s just not true, Geoff, because the president has authority to deport criminals as he sees fit under current immigration law. Judge Boasberg is just simply trying to figure out whether or not the president’s invocation of Alien Enemies is actually lawful.