THE FACTS There aren t any Muslims on the federal bench and the president has no authority to fire federal judges Abid Qureshi a Washington D C attorney was nominated last year by former President Barack Obama to be the first Muslim federal judge but he wasn t confirmed by the Senate The hoax story by a site named As American As Apple Pie and shared by others also claimed Trump used the evacuation clause to remove the judges There is no such clause that is part of federal law 