Congressional Democrats on Tuesday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s recent comments and tweets criticizing federal judges who have ruled against his “travel ban” executive order.
Speaking at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial transparency and ethics, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-New York, said, “The judiciary is under a sustained attack right now, and it is coming from one of the most unlikely of places—the Oval Office. … I am disturbed that the president either does not appreciate the role that an independent judiciary plays in our constitutional system, or does appreciate it and seeks to undermine it.”
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