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Amy Coney Barrett deflects question about Trump threatening justices

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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett deflected questions about President Donald Trump's attacks on her and her colleagues, even after publicly decrying the rising threats. According to reporting by Bloomberg Law, the Trump-appointed Barrett was pressed on Thursday about the topic during a question-and-answer session at the University of Virginia. She was there to promote her book, "Listening to the Law." She was asked whether disparaging comments made over the past year by Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had increased threats to the judiciary, Bloomberg Law reported. Barrett reportedly declined to single out the president. "I don't want to talk about anything that the president has said in particular," Barrett said. Instead, Barrett framed the danger as a condition shared across political life in Washington rather than the product of any one figure. "We certainly live in a time and in a climate where people are quick to say things that I certainly wish, yo