White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described injunctions on President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “the continuation of the weaponization of justice” during Wednesday’s press briefing.
Leavitt addressed media reports suggesting that Trump is overstepping his authority and putting the United States in danger of a constitutional crisis, arguing that this is an “extremely dishonest narrative” and that the media are”fear-mongering” on this topic.
“The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch, where district court judges and liberal districts across the country are abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump’s basic executive authority,” she explained, referring to injunctions on Trump’s spending freeze and his executive order on birthright citizenship.
Pressed by The Daily Wire, Leavitt said that the White…