,
4 tweets,
1 min read
Read on Twitter
When White House counsels informed Trump that 212(f) does not give him legal authority to override federal law, he would tell how he put up a giant flagpole at Mar-a-Lago. It violated ordinances, resulting in fines/lawsuit, but he was ultimately allowed
nyti.ms/2GgLyQ9
nyti.ms/2GgLyQ9
“His constant instinct all the time was: Just do it, and if we get sued, we get sued. To him, it’s all a negotiation. As if the first step is a lawsuit. I guess he thinks that because that’s how business worked for him in the private sector. But federal law is different."
Interesting that Kelly warned Nielsen not to do that presser.
When the White House briefing was over, Kelly’s warning to Nielsen proved true. “Family separation is her legacy. She could have saved America from a Category 20 hurricane and there’d still be no other legacy for her”
When the White House briefing was over, Kelly’s warning to Nielsen proved true. “Family separation is her legacy. She could have saved America from a Category 20 hurricane and there’d still be no other legacy for her”
Also this: He had signed a different version, containing contradictory instructions. In their haste to put something in front of Trump, officials wrote an order calling for an end to separating immigrant kids from their parents but also reaffirming Sessions’s zero-tolerance.
