The Justice Department is appealing a federal judge’s ruling Sunday that President Trump lacks the authority to deploy Oregon National Guard members to protect federal buildings in Portland.
“With all due respect to that judge, I think her opinion is untethered in reality and in the law,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of US District Judge Karin Immergut.
“The president is using his authority as commander in Chief, US Code § 12406, which clearly states that the president has the right to call up the National Guard in cases that he deems appropriately,’ Leavitt said.
“For more than 100 days, night after night after night, the ICE facility has really been under siege by these anarchists [and] the president wants to ensure that our federal buildings and our assets are protected.”
