Judge Floats Sanctions For DOJ Lawyers After Trump's 'Lunatic' Post: 'I'm Ordering You'

Judge demands Trump DOJ unravel 'massive coincidence' in golf course fight

The morning session of court in the East Potomac Golf Course lawsuit with President Donald Trump's administration welcomed Department of the Interior chief of staff Greg Wischer. Wischer couldn't be found last Monday when Judge Ana Reyes demanded that National Park Service and DOI staff come to court to testify about what was going on. Last week, the judge was furious that her orders were being ignored. By Monday, it was clear she was just as an…

‘Crazed Lunatic’: Donald Trump Just Doesn’t Care What Even a Judge Thinks and Had the Guts to Call Him Maybe ‘Insane’

President Trump says Washington’s East Potomac Golf Links will close next month for a championship rebuild, insisting his administration has every right to do the work. He called the judge who paused tree removal there a “crazed lunatic” after she rejected a Justice Department bid to remove her from the case.

Judge floats sanctions for DOJ lawyers after Trump's 'lunatic' post: 'I'm ordering you'

A federal judge ordered Justice Department lawyers to sign a government filing, invoking the rule used to sanction attorneys, hours after President Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic.”U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the demand Monday at a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to stop Trump’s overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links, a public course in Washington, Lawfare’s Roger Parloff reported in a live-blog of the hearing.Associate Attorney Gener…

Top DOJ Official Clashes With Judge in DC Golf Course Case (1)

A federal judge and a top Justice Department official butted heads over the political appointee’s involvement in litigation over a Washington community golf course, with the judge asking other government attorneys to raise their hands if they would sign a recent filing.