tweet storm about his executive order on extreme vetting. the president writing: the justice department should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down travel ban before the supreme court and seek much tougher version! calling it a travel ban contradicted what his aides have been saying when they downplayed a notion that the executive order was a ban. it s not a travel ban. it s a vetting system. plain and simple. the president doubled down in the language, tweeting this morning: people, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but i am calling it what we need and what it is, a travel ban! some people saw the tweets as potentially undermining the defense of the executive order. kellyanne conway s husband george, who last week turned down a position in the doj s civil section, took issue with the tweets, writing these tweets may make some people feel better but they certainly want to help the office of the
said in the campaign and afterwards, i think the justices may look mostly at order. you know, the president someone that the president was considering to become the solicitor general of the justice department, someone who would argue on behalf of the president to the supreme court, george conway, kellyanne conway s husband responded on twitter with this. these tweets may make some people feel better but certainly won t help the office of the solicitor general get five votes in the scotus, the supreme court. sad. all the news publications and outlets were quick to see if they could verify that that was actually his account, that it wasn t hacked or somebody else tweeting it for him. yes, i mean, it clearly is a a big issue, something that
so it s hard to imagine if the roles were reversed and we heard this kind of response post 9/11 about rudy giuliani from the leader of great britain that there wouldn t be outrage. other tweets generating a lot of interest as well. you know, rebecca, on the travel ban. this is a sensitive issue. kellyanne conway s husband, george conway, was under consideration to become the solicitors general in the justice department. he tweeted about the president s tweets. these tweets may make some people feel better but they certainly won t help the office of the solicitor general get five votes in scotus, which is what actually matters. sad. it th is amazing george conway doesn t tweet a lot. for him to criticize the president like this is amazing. not only is george conway a well respected attorney in his own right and under consideration for some top administration posts but his wife, kellyanne conway, is a top
tweeted the measure is a travel ban. some of the analysts say the president s tweets today may have undermined his own legal defense. the husband of president trump s counselor, kellyanne conway, criticized the president s tweets. george conway said the tweets may make some people feel better but won t help the office of the solicitor general get five votes in the supreme court, which is what matters. sad. george conway just last week with drew from consideration to be the president s nominee to reason the justice department s civil division. john roberts is at the white house what is the president saying about the tweets on the travel ban? they re standing with him saying he can say whatever he wants about the travel ban and call it whatever he wants. in january, sean spicer said
legislation, ms. kagan ex-claims, i hear they have the votes, larry. simply amazing. these e-mails reveal inconsistencies with the administration s claims that then solicitor general kagan was walled off from the issue. to help clear up any confusion i wrote the justice department to get additional documents and conduct staff interviews. it took nearly four months before the department sent a one-page response that denied my request. the department did not assert any legal privilege over the requested information but simply refused to comply with the request. that is not a sufficient answer. health care legislation was passed by the senate on december 24th, 2009. on january 8, 2010, ms. kagan told the deputy solicitor general, that she definitely would like the office of the solicitor general to be involved in preparations to defend