Maggie Haberman Explains How Trump’s ‘Very Risky Game’ With Judges May Backfire
President Donald Trump is “playing a very risky game” with his attacks on U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman suggested Thursday.
“Judges don’t like attacks on other judges,” Haberman said on CNN, appearing to hint that Trump’s repeated railings against Boasberg ― over the latter’s ruling against the president’s mass deportation plans ― could influence decisions being made by other courts and could backfire on Trump.
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Earlier this week, Trump argued that Boasberg should be impeached over his opposition to Trump-backed flights removing migrants; the president justified the removals by invoking an 18th-century law meant for use in wartime.
Trump’s rant drew a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who rejected the call.
The president has now followed up with another attack on Boasberg, but, as Haberman pointed out, he “did not repeat the impeachment point.”
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“I think that is the key point there,” she said. “I think he is trying to show he is still issuing a pressure campaign. He always does. We are going to see him continue to do that.”
But Trump’s “calls for Congress to impeach judges, which is very hard to make happen,” have upset some of his own staffers and Republican House and Senate leaders, she continued.
“So I think that this is him saying, ‘Fine I hear you.’ At least for now,” she added.
Watch the exchange here:
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