By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press

A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington said a ruling Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave him the authority to proceed with the inquiry, which will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to refer the matter for prosecution. He asked attorneys by Monday to identify witnesses and offer plans for how to conduct the probe and said he’d like to start any hearings on December 1.

The judge has previously warned he could seek to have officials in the administration prosecuted.

On March 15, Bo

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