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02-10-2017, 10:13 PM
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed multiple accounts that his **minee for the Supreme Court had expressed dismay over his attacks on judges, saying without evidence that Judge Neil Gorsuch’s comments had been misrepresented.
The Republican president has publicly vented his frustration with a court order last week that temporarily halted his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, criticizing the judge who issued the order, the appeals process and the wider judiciary.
Gorsuch’s remarks describing Trump’s attacks on the judiciary as "demoralising" and "disheartening" were first disclosed on Wednesday by Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who urged Gorsuch to go public.
Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist hired by the White House to guide Gorsuch’s **mination through the US Senate, also said on Wednesday that the judge had made the comments to Blumenthal.
Former Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte, who has been accompanying Gorsuch in meetings with senators on Capitol Hill as he seeks support for his confirmation, said on Thursday the judge had made similar remarks in his discussions with senators.
Trump, taking a personal swipe at Blumenthal, disputed the account in a Twitter post early on Thursday.
"Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who never fought in Vietnam when he said for years he had (major lie), **w misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?" Trump wrote.
Appearing on CNN shortly after Trump’s tweet, Blumenthal said it was important for Gorsuch to make his private remarks public and that he would press him to do so during Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation hearing.
"We’re careening, literally, toward a constitutional crisis," said Blumenthal, who sits on the Judiciary Committee that holds the hearing.
"He’s been **minated by a president who has repeatedly and relentlessly attacked the American judiciary."
He has to show the American people that he’ll be more than a rubber stamp for Donald Trump.
"Blumenthal said on MSNBC that Gorsuch told him he should feel free to make their discussion public, but that he felt the judge should go further.
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The Republican president has publicly vented his frustration with a court order last week that temporarily halted his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, criticizing the judge who issued the order, the appeals process and the wider judiciary.
Gorsuch’s remarks describing Trump’s attacks on the judiciary as "demoralising" and "disheartening" were first disclosed on Wednesday by Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who urged Gorsuch to go public.
Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist hired by the White House to guide Gorsuch’s **mination through the US Senate, also said on Wednesday that the judge had made the comments to Blumenthal.
Former Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte, who has been accompanying Gorsuch in meetings with senators on Capitol Hill as he seeks support for his confirmation, said on Thursday the judge had made similar remarks in his discussions with senators.
Trump, taking a personal swipe at Blumenthal, disputed the account in a Twitter post early on Thursday.
"Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who never fought in Vietnam when he said for years he had (major lie), **w misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?" Trump wrote.
Appearing on CNN shortly after Trump’s tweet, Blumenthal said it was important for Gorsuch to make his private remarks public and that he would press him to do so during Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation hearing.
"We’re careening, literally, toward a constitutional crisis," said Blumenthal, who sits on the Judiciary Committee that holds the hearing.
"He’s been **minated by a president who has repeatedly and relentlessly attacked the American judiciary."
He has to show the American people that he’ll be more than a rubber stamp for Donald Trump.
"Blumenthal said on MSNBC that Gorsuch told him he should feel free to make their discussion public, but that he felt the judge should go further.
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