Judge Scolds Trump’s DOJ Lawyer in Open Court: ‘Give Me a Break’

A federal judge grew exasperated with a Justice Department lawyer who struggled to defend President Donald Trump’s revenge tour against a Big Law firm. U.S. District Court Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, grilled government lawyer Richard Lawson in a Monday hearing. He questioned the merits of Trump’s March executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block. Bates temporarily paused the implementation of that order earlier this...