Who is the Trump-appointed judge blocking deployment of National Guard to Portland?

"I was hired by Ken Starr almost five months after Attorney General Reno sought to expand the OIC's authority to investigate whether Monica Lewinsky or others suborned perjury, obstructed justice, or intimidated witnesses in connection with the civil sexual harassment case in Jones v. Clinton," Immergut wrote in response to a question from then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in 2018. 

"I was hired to work as a line prosecutor to determine whether there were facts to support or refute those allegations," she noted.

She said that she questioned Lewinsky.

"When Ms. Lewinsky agreed to cooperate with the Office of Independent Counsel, I was asked to be one of the team of prosecutors debriefing her. As I was involved in the debriefings, I was asked to participate in questioning Ms. Lewinsky before the grand jury and take her deposition," she noted in response to another question.

Responding to questions from Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Immergut expressed the view that it is not appropriate for lower courts to buck Supreme Court precedent.

Asked whether the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry is "settled law," she again replied in the affirmative. 

Sen. Feinstein passed away in 2023.

But this month, Immergut temporarily blocked the move amid a legal challenge lodged by the State of Oregon and the City of Portland.

"Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon," the document declared.