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He is in a maximum security prison. There are records of his entry, and if he has by some manner left, records of that as well. If he is still inside the pris
by ty6853 2y ago
He is in a maximum security prison. There are records of his entry, and if he has by some manner left, records of that as well. If he is still inside the prison, some salvadorian guard is staring him in the eyes right now. If you listen to what was written in the court session with Judge Xinis (?), basically the US government is stalling not just how to get him out but also stalling the courts question of where he even is.
The administration, at every step, is buying time against the inevitable.
Why are they buying time? Can someone not just pay the guard $100 to find out where the fuck he is? It doesn't make sense. My conspiracy angle is they need 4 days to figure out how the hell they are going to explain the current situation, whatever that is.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoIts not a US prison and the US has zero jurisdiction. The DOJ has zero jurisdiction, so this makes it a very strange situation of international diplomacy. I agree that from a practical sense, the POTUS could (and should) just pick up the phone, call the president of el Salvador, and ask politely to send him back.
- tastyface 2y agoIf the US has zero jurisdiction, then what are they paying for, exactly?
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThey were(are?) paid to take the people, lock them up, and make an example of them . That doesn't mean US courts, government, or officials, have any legal power in el Salvador. It is unclear if there is even a legal contract in place. It is really all quite unpresidented.
- ty6853 2y agoI can think of one case where a father, who worked as a technical contractor in Iraq to support his child, was held hostage by terrorists and therefore missed his child support. On returning to the US, he was imprisoned. Physically being unable to pay was not held to be a valid excuse to miss child support. Somehow when it comes to holding citizens for contempt against a court order, it is no problem that the citizen was powerless to fulfill the order. But if an official does it then everything is fine. At some point I would hope the courts see through this. Maybe El Salvador can keep the guy forever and we can't do anything about it. And then just like the hostage, the judge should be able to keep these people in jail for contempt until the guy is released, whether it ever happens or not. They owned it when they did it, too bad so sad if they cannot fix it and they're held in contempt.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI don't disagree. If you are responsible for someone and their legal rights, that does not change if you send them somewhere outside your jurisdictional control and ability to ensure they are met. In fact, it is a reason not to do just that. This is pretty well established in law.
- ty6853 2y agoNothing about US jurisdiction will change in 4 days.