'Feels like I should clear that up': Karoline Leavitt silenced as reporter schools her

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continued the administration’s attack on James Boasberg, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, even after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts strongly criticized President Donald Trump for his call to impeach the jurist. NBC News’ Garrett Haake asked Leavitt if it is “a good use of Congress’s time and the president’s political capital to try to impeach and remove a federal judge, which would take 67 votes, you’re unlikely to get in the Senate?” “Well, look,” she replied, “the president has made it clear that he believes this judge in this case should be impeached, and he has also made it clear that he has great respect for the Chief Justice, John Roberts.” Leavitt wrongly insisted that it is “incumbent upon the Supreme Court to rein in these activist judges. We have co-equal branches of government for a reason and the president feels very strongly about that.” Aside from the Supreme Court choosing to take a case and overrule a lower court judge, it has no authority to “rein in” district court judges whose rulings it does not like. He was elevated by President Obama in 2011 and was confirmed 96-0, with every Republican supporting his elevation to the federal bench.” Chief Justice Roberts also appointed Judge Boasberg to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court where he served as presiding judge, and appointed him to the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court as a chief judge.