Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway defended President Donald Trump's executive order halting travel to the U.S. from seven majority-Muslim nations Monday, saying that Trump "has a responsibility, the authority, and indeed, the duty to protect Americans." Conway spoke to Fox News' "Hannity" hours after the Justice Department filed a brief with a federal appeals court seeking the ban's restoration three days after a federal judge in Washington state halted the order. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKS APPEALS COURT TO RESTORE TRUMP'S TRAVEL BANEchoing the Justice Department brief, Conway argued that Friday's decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Robart was "overly broad." "He referenced religion where, in fact, that has nothing to do with the executive order." "we don’t even know if these states that sued have standing.

Source: Fox News February 07, 2017 04:30 UTC