CNN’s Elie Honig on Abrego Garcia: ‘Trump Administration Is Defying the Spirit of the Court’s Order, but Not Quite the Letter’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT SMERCONISH Abrego ░░░░░░░░ you wrote the piece ░░░░░░░░ lay out a couple ░░░░░░░░ different scenarios By the ░░░░░░░░ I ll cut to ░░░░░░░░ chase and say one ░░░░░░░░ that you don t ░░░░░░░░ happens is they just ░░░░░░░░ him back Is that ░░░░░░░░ your opinion HONIG Yes ░░░░░░░░ don t think there ░░░░░░░░ any way the administration ░░░░░░░░ abrego Garcia back and ░░░░░░░░ he goes back to ░░░░░░░░ home in Maryland and ░░░░░░░░ about his life They ░░░░░░░░ made clear that if ░░░░░░░░ does somehow come back ░░░░░░░░ they will seek to ░░░░░░░░ deport him perhaps to ░░░░░░░░ third country SMERCONISH So ░░░░░░░░ which of the remaining ░░░░░░░░ does Elie Honig think ░░░░░░░░ about to play out ░░░░░░░░ Well so let s ░░░░░░░░ with the one we ░░░░░░░░ in right now which ░░░░░░░░ call passive aggressive defiance ░░░░░░░░ the administration And this ░░░░░░░░ all about the word ░░░░░░░░ So the Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ earlier this week that ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration has a ░░░░░░░░ to facilitate abrego Garcia ░░░░░░░░ to the country not ░░░░░░░░ And the difference there ░░░░░░░░ means Essentially you have ░░░░░░░░ help out You have ░░░░░░░░ try effectuate means You ░░░░░░░░ to get it done ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court said well ░░░░░░░░ s not our business ░░░░░░░░ order the executive Branch ░░░░░░░░ to conduct foreign policy ░░░░░░░░ we need you to ░░░░░░░░ now Facilitation is in ░░░░░░░░ eye of the beholder ░░░░░░░░ the court s meant ░░░░░░░░ have to make a ░░░░░░░░ good faith effort But ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration has taken ░░░░░░░░ most minimalist possible view ░░░░░░░░ facilitation They ve said ░░░░░░░░ don t have to ░░░░░░░░ for his return We ░░░░░░░░ t have to do ░░░░░░░░ Affirmative All we have ░░░░░░░░ do is make sure ░░░░░░░░ s no domestic obstacles ░░░░░░░░ the way Now the ░░░░░░░░ Circuit Court of Appeals ░░░░░░░░ very conservative judge named ░░░░░░░░ wilkinson on Thursday basically ░░░░░░░░ that He said we ░░░░░░░░ you to do something ░░░░░░░░ It s an active ░░░░░░░░ So right now there ░░░░░░░░ subjectivity and—“