Jared Moskowitz urges Trump to release ‘evidence’ of foreign influence on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Jared Moskowitz pressed President Donald Trump to immediately release evidence backing his explosive claim that foreign forces are swaying the Supreme Court of the United States.

Trump made the allegation during a combative White House press conference, where he lashed out at three conservative justices after they struck down his sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Jared Moskowitz says Trump should release evidence immediately

“As a member of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary @HouseJudiciary @JudiciaryGOP, if the president has evidence of foreign influence or intervention in our Supreme Court, he should release it immediately,” Moskowitz posted on X.

 The Florida Democrat’s demand came after Trump repeatedly suggested that foreign actors had influenced the justices who ruled against his central foreign policy initiative.

During the press conference, a reporter directly asked Trump whether he had evidence to support the allegation and whether he would investigate the matter.

“You’re gonna find out. You’re gonna find out,” Trump responded.

In earlier remarks aired on Fox News, Trump declared, “It’s my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think. It’s a small movement.”

Fox News hosts react cautiously as Trump doubles down

On Fox News, anchor Gillian Turner appeared taken aback while filling in for Sandra Smith. Turner noted that Trump went beyond expressing disappointment with the ruling and instead claimed the justices were “deeply under the thumb of foreign influence.”

She later asked fellow host Shannon Bream whether any president she had covered had made similar accusations against sitting justices.

Bream avoided a direct comparison but described Trump’s remarks as “striking.” She suggested that while foreign individuals or groups may have aligned themselves with the plaintiffs challenging the tariffs, the cases themselves were brought by US-based plaintiffs.

“Now, whether there were foreign influences or people who were cheering for those decisions or feeling in lockstep with the plaintiffs, I mean, that’s possible,” Bream said. “But it seemed to be that he was suggesting there were foreign influences that had really pushed these two cases — these two cases that were consolidated — before the justices.”

Meanwhile, Tim Miller of The Bulwark reacted with sarcasm on X, writing that if the president truly believed the court was compromised by foreign interests, the next president would have “no choice but to replace all 9 members with new justices who have no foreign entanglements.”

Trump’s comments have intensified scrutiny over his ongoing clash with the judiciary, as lawmakers and commentators await any evidence to support his claims.