Trump's lawyer gets pounded by judges with questions about 'Muslim ban' as he fights for travel restrictions to be put back in place - and says White House will take ANY part of the ban being reinstated
Judges wanted to know whether the executive branch believes that Trump could bar Muslims from entering the country if he wanted to
'That's not what the order does here,' August E. Flentje, a DOJ lawyer kept saying
Flentje asked the court to 'immediately' lift a judge's injunction on Trump's executive order as he went head-to-head with two states
At the very least, he said, the government should reinstate the part of Trump's order that 'extends beyond people who are in the US or who have been in the US'
The hearing before the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges was the greatest legal challenge yet to the ban
Judge Michelle Friedland asked whether the government has any evidence connecting the nations covered by the ban to terrorism
Judges Richard Clifton and William Canby wanted to know about the Muslim ban
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 18:59 EST, 7 February 2017 | Updated: 19:59 EST, 7 February 2017
President Donald Trump's administration says its temporary restrictions on citizens of seven terror-afflicted countries are not the equivalent of a Muslim ban - but justices on a federal bench reviewing the executive order indicated Tuesday that they're not buying it.
Judges wanted to know whether the executive branch believes that Trump could bar Muslims from entering the country if he wanted.
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