Emil Bove — who President Donald Trump has nominated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals — is now being accused by a second Department of Justice (DOJ) whistleblower of instructing employees to ignore the judiciary.
HuffPost's Jennifer Bendery reported Friday that an unnamed whistleblower has since confirmed a previous whistleblower account that Bove, in his capacity as principal associate deputy attorney general (the 3rd most powerful official in the agency), instructed employees to defy a federal judge's orders. Earlier this month, Erez Reuveni publicly came forward as the DOJ employee behind the first whistleblower account alleging that Bove told staffers to say "f--- you" to the courts in response to an order prohibiting the deportation of immigrants to a notorious maximum security mega-prison in El Salvador.
"Our client and Mr. Reuveni are true patriots – prioritizing their commitment to democracy over advancing their careers," Whistleblower Aid chief counsel Andrew Bakaj told HuffPost.
"What we’re seeing here is something I never thought would be possible on such a wide scale: federal prosecutors appointed by the Trump administration intentionally presenting dubious if not outright false evidence to a court of jurisdiction in cases that impact a person’s fundamental rights not only under our Constitution, but their natural rights as humans," he continued.
"What this means is...
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