Trump Slams Ex-Federalist Society Leader After Tariff Ruling (1)

President Donald Trump said he was “disappointed” in the Federalist Society and called out as a “sleazebag,” the group’s former leader Leonard Leo, who served as an influential adviser on judicial nominations during his first term.

“I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations,” Trump said Thursday in a Truth Social post.

Trump’s criticism of Leo and the Federalist Society was part of a longer post expressing anger about a ruling against his tariff plan by a panel of the US Court of International Trade, which included a ...