Kari Lake, the Trump administration Senior Advisor for the US Agency for Global Media, suggested Sunday that President Donald Trump should defy court orders he views as politically motivated.

Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Lake criticized federal judges who have issued rulings blocking Trump’s executive actions on immigration, tariffs, and agency reforms.

She also accused the judiciary of attempting to “subvert the will of the people” through those rulings.

“They’re completely out of control,” Lake told host Maria Bartiromo. “They are basically usurping the power of the president.”

Judges have issued temporary injunctions on immigration enforcement policies, halted tariff measures, and blocked efforts to slash jobs and funding for federal agencies, including the US Agency for Global Media. Several of these disputes are expected to advance to the Supreme Court.

Lake, who oversees media entities such as Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, said court rulings had delayed efforts to reshape her operation.

She told Bartiromo the Trump administration’s ultimate goal is to reduce the size of the federal government and accused courts of unlawfully stripping Trump of executive branch powers to do so.

“We’re trying to modernize it. We’re trying to shrink it down a little bit because of the bloat there,” Lake said. “The federal judge is basically saying, you can’t do that. You have to hire everybody back.”

Lake said Trump aims to consolidate operations by moving certain media agencies under the Department of State.

She blamed judges and attorneys she described as “Soros-linked” for and said some rulings against Trump have been politically motivated.

When asked whether she expects the administration’s legal battles over tariffs and trade policy to reach the Supreme Court, Lake said, “It’s gonna have to go there.”

But with regard to abiding by the courts, she concluded, “I would rather follow the Constitution than a judge who’s got an agenda.”

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