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The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has obtained documentation backing up a former federal prosecutor’s claim that Emil Bove – a top Justice Department official – crudely told others in the department to ignore court orders before a controversial immigration enforcement situation in March.
The whistleblower, Erez Reuveni, an immigration law specialist who was fired from the department, previously told Congress and executive branch inspectors general Bove had held a meeting with Justice Department lawyers the day before the Trump administration sent planes with migrants to El Salvador under the controversial Alien Enemies Act.
Bove is a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump who is now up for a lifetime appointment to an appellate judgeship.
The communications primarily bolster claims Reuveni made to Congress and independent investigators as Bove’s judgeship nomination heads toward a vote. Bove has become one of the most controversial legal nominees of the second Trump presidency, with little judicial record that would be typical of an appellate bench nominee and ethical questions arising about both his leadership during immigration cases and his pushing within the department for the dismissal of the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
In the March meeting, Reuveni said Bove “stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts ‘f**k you’” and ignore any orders to stop the hasty deportation of migrants.
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