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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are hoping to tank the nomination of Emil Bove, an acting deputy U.S. attorney general who President Donald Trump has picked for a lifetime seat as a federal judge for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. But Bove appears to be on track for confirmation despite the troubling allegations of Erez Reuveni, a former immigration lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who alleges that Bove encouraged his DOJ colleagues to blatantly defy federal court orders on President Donald Trump's immigration policy. Bove flatly denies Reuveni's allegation.
In an article published by Salon on July 17, national security expert and former DOJ legal adviser Jesselyn Radack —who now heads the Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR) — emphasizes that whistleblowers like Reuveni play a crucial role in keeping the United States democratic and says she is "glad" he "went public."
"Reuveni's case hits home because of its parallels to my own," Radack explains. "In December 2001, as a legal adviser to the (Justice) Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, I advised the criminal division that an FBI interrogation of 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh without his lawyer would be unethical. When I was informed three days later that he had been interrogated despite that warning, I advised that the interview might have to be sealed and used only for national...
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