Trump Tweets About Seattle Judge's Suspension of Travel Ban (Update)

SEATTLE, WA - President Donald Trump has responded to a Seattle federal judge's Friday decision to suspend his executive order on foreign travel and refugees.

The tweet came around 5:30 a.m. PST Saturday and proclaims that the judge who issued the ruling - Judge James L. Robart, who was appointed by George W. Bush in 2003 - is hurting law enforcement efforts.

Trump released two more tweets later in the day Saturday, against criticizing Robart directly.

On Friday afternoon, Robart granted a restraining order requested by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson against Trump's order. The order had banned travel to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim countries — Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen — for three months; it also banned refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days, and banned refugees from Syria from entering the U.S. indefinitely.

The executive order is suspended while a larger lawsuit brought by Ferguson against the lawsuit proceeds through the courts. The federal government can appeal Robart's ruling - and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Friday night that it would do just that.

After the tweet about Robart's ruling, Trump insulted the New York Times and then repeated a campaign promise.

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