President Trump defended Supreme Courtroom Justice Amy Coney Barrett, calling her a “very good woman” whilst she breaks with conservatives on some points.
“She’s a very good woman. She’s very smart, and I don’t know about people attacking her, I really don’t know,” Trump instructed reporters on Sunday. “I think she’s a very good woman. She’s very smart.”
Barrett has come beneath hearth in current days after she voted to reject Trump’s try and freeze almost $2 billion in overseas help.
The Supreme Courtroom in a 5-4 emergency ruling determined to not halt a choose’s resolution to order the Trump administration to instantly launch almost $2 billion in overseas help as a result of they’ve current contracts.
Barrett was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court docket’s three liberals to make the choice.
She was nominated to the Supreme Courtroom by Trump throughout his first time period and has damaged from the conservatives on a number of points.
Barrett has been criticized in current days over her ruling, however Trump sought to tamper the considerations by highlighting her capabilities aboard Air Drive One on Sunday.
The emergency ruling got here because the Trump administration has tried to dismantle numerous federal businesses, together with the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID), which prompted the case.
