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November 2, 2017

Trump Called Justice System "Laughingstock," Then White House Claims Otherwise
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President Trump also claimed the U.S. does not prosecute terror suspects
quickly enough, calling the U.S. justice system "a laughingstock" during
a televised White House Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump: "We need quick justice, and we need strong
justice, much quicker and much stronger than we have right now, because
what we have right now is a joke and it's a laughingstock."

But only hours later, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
flat-out denied that Trump had made these comments, even though they had
been broadcast on television. This is Sanders being questioned by CNN's
Jim Acosta.

Jim Acosta: "Why did the president call the U.S. justice system a joke
and a laughingstock during his comments in the"-

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "That's not what he said."

Jim Acosta: "He said that the system of justice in this country"-

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "He said that process. He said
the process has people calling us a joke and calling us a
laughingstock."



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