In a series of tweets that broadened his attack on the country's judiciary, Trump said Americans should blame U.S. District Judge James Robart and the court system if anything happened. "The president of the United States has every right to criticize the other two branches of government," Pence said on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. Senator Patrick Leahy, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Trump seems intent on precipitating a constitutional crisis. The businessman-turned-politician, who during his presidential campaign called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, has vowed to reinstate his controversial travel ban. Trump says the measures are needed to protect the United States from Islamist militants.

Source: The Edge Markets February 05, 2017 22:23 UTC