Attorney General Pam Bondi scrambled Thursday to discredit a Justice Department whistleblower who has accused DOJ leadership of planning to ignore court orders.
“We support legitimate whistleblowers, but this disgruntled employee is not a whistleblower—he’s a leaker asserting false claims seeking five minutes of fame,” Bondi on X.
Erez Reuveni, a former justice department attorney, to the Senate last month alleging that senior DOJ official and federal judge nominee Emil Bove suggested in a March 14 meeting that DOJ staff should say “f--- you” to courts and defy any order blocking migrant deportation flights from taking off to the CECOT megaprison in El Salvador the next day.
The DOJ fired Reuveni on April 11, after he admitted in court that officials mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on one of those flights.
On Thursday, the whistleblower submitted to the Senate, including internal DOJ that appear to support his claim that Bove said the DOJ might have to ignore court rulings.
Bondi launched a fierce defense of Bove, who has denied the allegation, in her X post.
“No one was ever asked to defy a court order,” she wrote. “This is another instance of misinformation being spread to serve a narrative that does not align with the facts.”
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