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"I think the American people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind and speaking very straight with them," Pence said. | AP Photo

Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that Seattle judge James Robart's ruling to halt President Donald Trump's immigration order is "frustrating to all of us."

During an interview with ABC's "This Week," Pence was asked by host George Stephanopoulos whether it was appropriate for Trump to question the legitimacy of a federal judge, after he tweeted Saturday morning about the "so-called" judge.

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"I think the American people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind and speaking very straight with them," Pence said in an excerpt released Saturday. "But to see a judge actually suspend that order across the country, George, is frustrating to all of us."

The full interview will air Sunday.

Early Saturday, Trump tweeted: "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"

Pence said Trump's order, which bans Syrian refugees from coming to the U.S. and halts visas from being issued to people from seven Muslim-majority countries, was "legal" and that the "administration is going to be using all legal means at our disposal to challenge the judge's order."

When pressed by Stephanopoulous about Trump's statement on how Robart is a "so-called judge," Pence said "the president is determined to use the authority that he has under the Constitution, and under the law, but we'll work through the courts to challenge that rule."

Stephanopoulos followed up by asking whether Robart has the authority to do what he did.

"He certainly does, and that's why the administration is complying with that order as we speak and we'll go through that process in the courts to get a stay of that order so that, again, we can implement this action that is entirely focused on the safety and security of the American people," Pence said.

Robart was nominated by former President George W. Bush.

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