‘Trump appears confused’: Legal reporter says President’s latest attack gets facts wrong
President Donald Trump lashed out at one of the legal firms he’s been attacking, saying that he’s suing them for “unlawful acts.” He moved on to then blast a federal judge he accused of being “sick.”
The problem, according to Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney, is that Trump seems “confused” about the case, the state and those involved.
“I’m suing the law firm of Perkins Coie for their egregious and unlawful acts, in particular the conduct of a specific member of this firm, only to find out that the Judge assigned to this case is Beryl Howell, an Obama appointment, and a highly biased and unfair disaster,” Trump wrote.
“Trump appears confused here,” said Cheney.
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The reporter explained that Howell is a U.S. District Court Judge in Washington, D.C. Trump sued Perkins Coie in Florida. The case is before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks, who was appointed long before the Barack Obama presidency.
Middlebrooks already dismissed Trump’s case and issued sanctions against him and his lawyer, Alina Habba.
The case before Judge Howell is Perkins Coie suing Trump over Executive Order 14230, which they said targets their firm. Howell has issued a temporary restraining order against the executive order.
Trump’s order also required government agencies to request that contractors disclose their business with Perkins Coie. Howell’s restraining order required those agencies to rescind disclosures and stop making the requests.
The Trump administration, however, claimed to have found a loophole in the court order allowing it not to notify all impacted agencies. In a Wednesday follow-up order, Howell directed the federal government “to immediately issue guidance to all other agencies” subject to the executive order.