President Donald Trump is using his administration as well as his own social media to launch attacks on federal judges who have ruled against his recent slew of executive orders, slowing down his attempts to instate his agenda.
On Friday evening, the president directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin investigating law firms that filed challenges to Trump’s actions – claiming the lawsuits were frivolous and caused delays. He asked her to recommend punitive actions that could hurt the law firms.
Meanwhile, Trump has turned to his social media to defend his attempts to end birthright citizenship, install the Department of Government Efficiency, drastically cut the federal workforce and redirect funding from agencies.
Among his specific comments, he called a federal judge in D.C. a “local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander” after the judge pushed back on Trump’s attempts to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members.
Since taking office, many of Trump’s executive orders have faced legal pushback and despite judges from the left and right political spectrum ruling against him, his administration has appealed many of the decisions and attacked the individual judges.
The president’s recent executive order calling for the end of the Department of Education is expected to face similar legal challenges.
