At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about a judge's verbal order against deporting Venezuelan immigrants.
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00:00The timeline of the flights, you keep talking about the judge's written order, which hit the docket
00:04Saturday night at about 7.26 p.m., but he issued a verbal order before that at about
00:096.45 and 6.48 p.m. based on the court hearing, a verbal order from the bench.
00:15Does the White House feel the need to comply with a verbal order from this judge?
00:19Again, as I said, all of the planes subject to the written order of this judge
00:24departed U.S. soil, U.S. territory before the judge's written order.
00:29But what about the verbal order, which of course carries the same legal weight as a written order
00:33and said for the planes to turn around if they were...
00:35Well, there's actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal
00:40order, as a written order, and our lawyers are determined to ask and answer those questions in
00:46court. Sean.
00:46Hey, so on Friday, the president suggested at length that it should be illegal to criticize
00:52judges, but he has repeatedly criticized judges who rule against him, and Elon Musk is calling for
00:58impeachment of judges who have opposed the administration. So how are those two things
01:02not in conflict? I have not heard the president talk about impeaching judges. I know you mentioned
01:07Mr. Musk's tweet, but I have not heard the president of the United States ask that.