WASHINGTON (CN) — As President Donald Trump’s nominee for a key appellate court vacancy gears up to face a Senate confirmation vote this week, Democrats are urging the Justice Department’s independent inspector general to disclose any investigation his office may be conducting into the nominee.
Senate Democrats are raising concerns after whistleblowers alleged that Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove suggested the Justice Department could ignore a lawful court order while serving as the agency’s acting No. 2 official. At least one whistleblower reportedly stated Bove misled lawmakers during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing last month.
In a Monday letter to acting Justice Department inspector general William Blier, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and California Senator Adam Schiff cited the “new and troubling” claims and asked whether his office has launched an investigation into Bove.
“Each of these allegations are alarming,” wrote Booker and Schiff. “Taken together, they paint a picture that Mr. Bove likely violated laws and Department regulations, and abused his authority while acting as one of the Department’s most senior officials.”
Before Bove’s June Judiciary Committee hearing, former Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni alleged that Bove, while acting deputy attorney general, suggested defying a federal court order to enable mass deportations of Venezuelan migrants. Reuveni said Bove told colleagues in March the Justice Department might need to...
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