Speaker 1 (00:01):
Erez Reuveni was on his way up. He was an attorney in the Department of Justice who was so effective defending President Trump's first-term immigration policy that he was promoted right away in Trump's second term. But Reuveni's 15-year Justice Department career ended suddenly after he says he witnessed government lawyers lying in court and evading orders of a judge. These last few months have been a time of upheaval in the Justice Department. Now, Reuveni's claims are raising concern in courtrooms across the country. The administration has called Reuveni, a leaker, seeking five minutes of fame. But in his first television interview, Erez Reuveni told us he's paid a price. Speaking up cost him his dream.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
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Speaker 3 (01:02):
Even before I went to law school, I understood what I wanted to do as a lawyer was to be involved in public service. And everyone understood at the time you do it at the Department of Justice in Washington DC. There's no better place as a young attorney to just do the sorts of cases where you're standing up in court as a first-chair attorney on behalf of the United States, doing things that law firm partners don't do.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
And that meant what to you?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
That meant I was there on behalf of the American people, on behalf of the millions of citizens of this country to make sure that justice was done.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
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