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His lawyers said that as the Nigerian authorities had approved him as her foster parent, the English court had no power to take her away.

McKillen’s lawyers told the Irish Times that their client “vigorously denies any violence or any wrongdoing” against the bailiff and claimed the allegations against him were “false.”

The judge agreed Mr Mangione's lawyers would need months to go through prosecutors' "three terabytes" of evidence, including police footage, data from social media, financial and phone companies and other evidence from state prosecutors.

But Orrick, who was nominated by President Obama, said this was essentially what government lawyers argued during Trump’s first term when the Republican issued a similar order.

In defense of its deportations, Trump administration lawyers have pointed to the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and said it gave the president wartime powers to quickly deport foreigners.