A federal judge humiliated a Justice Department attorney after he tried to shut down questions about Stephen Miller’s role in Chicago’s ICE crackdown.

Government lawyer Sarmad Khojasteh stumbled through objections to a demand from plaintiffs to hand over details of communications between Miller and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino.

The argument came during Bovino’s deposition as part of a lawsuit about immigration agents’ aggressive tactics during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, prompting an intervention from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.

During the testy exchange, Khojasteh repeatedly cut across the bench and even continually misnamed the operation “Midway Drift.” He also had to apologize for being new to the case, according to a transcript repor

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