Trump says he ‘always’ abides by court orders as allies lay groundwork to defy them President says he will ‘always abide by the courts’ as his administration and allies threaten judges and checks and balances.
Inside the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said courts shouldn’t prevent any federal agency from going over their books, but the lawsuits accuse him of unconstitutionally withholding federal funds and international aid and target Musk’s alleged hijacking of federal data.
Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal attorney who is now serving as counselor to the president, told Fox News on Tuesday that “there’s a separation of powers for a reason” — seemingly arguing that it is designed to preserve the president’s “ultimate authority” rather than establishing checks and balances to prevent a president from abusing it.
President Donald Trump claims he will “always abide by the courts” but suggested that a series of judicial decisions blocking his executive actions and policy maneuvers had derailed his “momentum.”.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, whose right-wing legal advocacy group repeatedly sued Joe Biden’s administration to force the courts to block his agenda, took a swing at an “unelected district judge” with “decision-making control over the entire executive branch.”.
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