‘THIS IS NUTS’

Former WH Lawyer Says Trump Will Defy Court on Deportations

Ty Cobb, who previously worked for Donald Trump, dismissed the president’s claim that he won’t defy court orders against deportation flights to El Salvador.

Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb disputed President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he wouldn’t defy a federal judge’s court order regarding deportations of Venezuelan migrants, CNN reported. “Oh no, they’ve made it plain,” Cobb said on Tuesday during his appearance on Erin Burnett OutFront. Speaking of the president’s border czar and attorney general, respectively, he added: “Tom Homan said ‘we don’t care what the judge has said. Pam Bondi made it plain when she introduced Trump last Friday at the Justice Department that she and her people were there to support him.” His comments reflect the turbulence between a federal judge and the Trump administration over deportation flights for the Venezuelans who are allegedly linked to the Tren de Aragua gang. When Fox News’ Laura Ingraham questioned the president’s push to continue flights to El Salvador in spite of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s order on Saturday, Trump claimed, “I never did defy a court order.” When the Fox host pressed further during the interview that aired Tuesday, asking, “And you wouldn’t in the future?” Trump simply said: “No, you can’t do that.” Still, Cobb doesn’t believe the president’s claims and told CNN Trump’s “march for power, adulation, wealth” is in motion and added, “This is nuts what’s going on in front of Judge Boasberg.”

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