Trump blames ‘employee’ for Signalgate and ‘billionaires on the left’ for Tesla attacks in Newsmax interview: Live

Donald Trump’s administration is refusing to answer any questions from a federal judge about deportation flights to El Salvador’s notorious prison under the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act.

Judge James Boasberg had ordered government attorneys to answer a series of questions — including when those planes left the United States and entered El Salvador — to determine whether administration officials intentionally defied his court orders, which were delivered in court and in filings hours before the planes landed March 15.

For more than a week, the judge has pushed the administration for answers and extended deadlines for a response.

But in a late-night filing Monday, Trump administration officials and government lawyers said “no further information will be provided”.

Alex Woodward explains what is happening.

CNN aired a montage of Trump administration officials embroiled in the Signal chat saga repeatedly condemning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while in office.

James Liddell has the story.

Federal workers who have been summoned back into their offices five days per week are being met with less-than-desirable conditions, from cramped workspaces to dirty bathrooms, as the Trump administration seeks to cut costs by reducing space and staff, according to reports.

Following orders from President Donald Trump, government employees are returning to their offices full-time – all while the administration seeks to axe some of its real estate portfolio to reduce government spending.

Ariana Baio reports.

Donald Trump has shifted the blame for a blunder in which details of U.S. military operations in Yemen were leaked to a journalist on a secret group chat to a “lower level” White House employee that worked for his national security advisor Michael Waltz.

In an interview with Newsmax, which aired on Tuesday evening, Trump offered a theory on how Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, had ended up on a Signal group chat in which the top-secret plans were discussed.

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Speaking to Newsmax, Donald Trump said that it was possible that part of the responsibility for destruction and vandalizing of Tesla vehicles lay with “billionaires on the left.”

“The Tesla violence. Have you heard anything about billionaires on the left, whether it's Soros or somebody else. Have you heard anything about planning, coordination, funding for these attacks?” asked Newsmax host Greg Kelly.

Trump replied: “I believe that that is part of it, yeah. There are some of them that were involved with my trials that were, I think, probably involved with that also.”

In an interview with Newsmax, which aired on Tuesday, Donald Trump offered a theory on how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, had ended up on a Signal group chat in which U.S. military plans were discussed.

The president called Goldberg “a loser” and said the his publication, The Atlantic, was “failing.”

“It's a terrible magazine. They made up all sorts of stories about me with with standing over the grave of soldiers,” he said, referring to a prior piece published by the outlet.

“But Goldberg's a loser. His magazine's a big loser. And what it was, we believe, is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that was with Mike Waltz, worked for Mike waltz at a lower level, had, I guess, Goldberg's number or called through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.”

Both Democrats and Republicans are calling for action after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat as Trump administration officials hashed out secret war plans for an impending U.S. strike in Yemen.

James Liddell reports.

Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, released excerpts of the conversation among national security officials on the messaging app Signal after he was accidentally added to the group chat — exercising a right to publish that has sparked controversy among Trump administration officials.

Where does the law stand on this?

Ariana Baio explains.

Jimmy Kimmel shredded Trump administration officials involved in the Signal leak after inadvertently giving a journalist a front-row seat as they hashed out secret war plans for an impending U.S. strike in Yemen.

James Liddell reports.