The White House says court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stood behind her briefing podium Wednesday and falsely told reporters that it is the federal judiciary — not President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk — who are precipitating a constitutional crisis in the United States.

The White House on Wednesday sought to turn around claims from Democrats that there was a looming “constitutional crisis” if President Trump defied court orders, arguing that the real “crisis” was