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'That's what the law says': Trump snaps back at reporter over his authority to skip courts

President Donald Trump claimed Friday that "the law" gave him the authority to deport undocumented migrants without having to explain himself to a judge.

On Friday morning, Trump continued his attack on the judiciary, posting to Truth Social, writing, "No District Court Judge, or any Judge, can assume the duties of the President of the United States. Only Crime and Chaos would result."

The Trump administration is engaged in an ongoing battle with U.S. District Court James E. Boasberg who ordered a plane full of Venezuelan immigrants being flown to prison in El Salvador to be returned to the United States. The administration allegedly ignored the order, then failed to provide supporting documents that the judge requested.

At a late morning Oval Office press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a reporter asked, "Mr. president, do you think you have the authority, the power to round up people and deport them? And then you're under no obligation to a court to show the evidence against them?"

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"Well, that's what the law says, and that's what our country needs," Trump answered, "because we were, unfortunately, they allowed millions of people to come into our country totally unvetted, totally unchecked.