An appeals court panel handed President Donald Trump a victory in the court battle over deportations of illegal aliens who were sent to a prison for terrorists in El Salvador.

The administration was locked in a court battle with U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who had issued an order for the administration to stop the flights to the prison. When the flights continued, Boasberg said there was probable cause to find Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for ignoring his order.

'Dangling this sword of Damocles to compel the Executive to exercise its foreign affairs powers exceeds the court's authority and is an abuse of discretion.'

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with Trump in a split decision. Two of the three panel judges ruled in

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