DHS Secretary Kristi Noem openly admitted to defying a judge’s order and dared the court to do something about it in a stunning court filing.

The case, which has dragged on through 2025, concerns a March incident in which D.C. Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered that two planes bound for El Salvador carrying mostly Venezuelan migrants remain in the United States.

The order was ignored, and the detainees were handed over to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, a facility notorious for human rights abuses. The men were ultimately transferred to Venezuela in a prison swap months later.

Pursuing answers as to why his order was not followed, Boasberg ordered that those involved provide written testimony detailing their role in the decision. Noem, 54, boasted in the court filin

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