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A third whistleblower has come forward to the Senate Judiciary Committee, charging that Emil Bove, Trump’s nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, misled senators during his confirmation hearing, the Washington Post reports.
This latest whistleblower follows two others who accused Bove of telling Justice Department attorneys to ignore court orders blocking Trump’s deportations. Specifically, former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni said that Bove had told department lawyers to say “fuck you” to judges blocking Trump’s scheme to render Venezuelan detainees to an El Salvador prison. Bove claimed in his confirmation hearing he did not recall saying this.
“We have substantial information relevant to the truthfulness of the nominee,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said in a floor speech yesterday. But Senate Republicans have shown no interest in even finding out what the new whistleblower has to say.
The opposition of Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) is insufficient to deprive the Republicans of the 50-vote majority necessary to confirm someone who allegedly told DOJ attorneys to flout court orders to be a judge for the rest of his life. Bove is 44.
Meanwhile, a New Jersey defense attorney is seeking to have drug and gun charges dismissed against his client on the grounds that Alina Habba’s second...
The Ad Hoc Centre for the Thailand–Cambodia Border Situation hit back at Michael B. Alfaro, calling him discredited and accusing him of spreading falsehoods about Thai troops crossing the border. ...