What exactly did Rudy Giuliani write to Donald Trump after Trump asked him to find a legal way to ban Muslims from entering the country? That's what U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts in Detroit wants to know, writes Kartikay Mehrotra of Bloomberg.
The Trump Administration was ordered by a federal judge to disclose a memo drafted under the guidance of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that allegedly served as an outline to make the president’s travel ban look like it wasn’t aimed at Muslims.
While running for president, Donald Trump asked Giuliani to form a commission that would help draft a “Muslim ban” to “show [him] the right way to do it legally" after his initial proposal drew widespread public condemnation, according to a court filing by the Arab American Civil Rights League. The commission then recommended that “nationality be used as a proxy for religion,” the group said in the filing.
The Trump administration is in the midst of defending Trump's Muslim ban 2.0. A full appellate panel in the 4th Circuit heard oral arguments Monday and a 3-judge appellate panel in the 9th Circuit will hear arguments next Monday.
Judge Roberts ordered Donald Trump to turn over the document by May 19. This should be fun. Trump loves judges and being told what to do.