Former judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax on Friday that the judge overseeing the lawsuit against the Trump administration over officials’ use of the Signal app to coordinate a military operation in Yemen was selected by an “incorruptible” process.

President Donald Trump on Thursday posted a statement criticizing the judge who was appointed to oversee the lawsuit filed by a nonprofit group over the recent scandal involving several top administration officials using the app Signal when discussing plans for an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.

Napolitano, in an interview with “Wake Up America,” said that although the selection of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg may appear “weird and is frustrating” to Trump and his supporters, since he is also overseeing the lawsuit against the Trump administration over deportations, there is nothing corrupt about the process that led to his selection.

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