Two of President Donald Trump’s nominees for senior Justice Department positions – including his former personal attorney – deflected questions Wednesday from senators on whether they would adhere to all court orders against the administration.

Several of Donald Trump’s top Justice Department nominees were asked whether officials could defy court orders. Their answers weren’t exactly reassuring.

Several of President Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in senior Justice Department positions faced questions from Senate Democrats Wednesday about whether it would ever be lawful for a president to ignore a court order,

Trump nominees for key posts in the Justice Department fielded questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday about whether elected officials could refuse to obey a federal court order.

President Donald Trump’s pick for the country’s top legal representative at the Supreme Court declined to rule out ignoring court orders, explaining that there could be “extreme cases.” At his hearing before the Senate on Wednesday,

Trump’s former personal attorney suggested public officials should “generally” follow court orders except in “extreme cases.”