'Picked the wrong judge': Legal expert chides Trump's latest major court loss
A legal expert chided President Donald Trump's administration on Monday after it suffered its latest major court loss.
Last week, a federal judge in Oregon issued a blistering order against the Trump administration, declaring in no uncertain terms that the Department of Justice cannot be trusted to protect voter rights. The order was issued at a time when the Trump administration is attempting to secure voter registrations from mostly blue states, a move that has alarmed several election experts.
Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney, discussed the ruling in Oregon on a new episode of "Democracy Watch" with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.
"Boy, did Donald Trump's DOJ pick the wrong federal judge to wind up in front of, because this judge didn't just rule against the Department of Justice," Elias said.
He added that the judge declared Trump's DOJ "can no longer be taken at its word."
"[The court] can no longer assume that in these cases, when [the DOJ] says it wants these data for legitimate reasons, that in fact it wants them for illegitimate reasons."
The Trump administration also appears to be resorting to other measures to secure the voter data it wants. For instance, Trump's FBI raided an election office in Fulton County, Georgia, and hauled away roughly 700 boxes of materials related to the 2020 general election, including the county's voter rolls.