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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Texts, emails bolster whistleblower account of DOJ defying court order - The Washington Post

A fired Justice Department employee has given Congress a cache of internal communications supporting his claim that a top Trump appointee suggested prosecutors defy a judge’s order and that other officials directed attorneys to not be forthcoming in court.

The messages provided by attorney Erez Reuveni show him repeatedly seeking assurances from Justice Department and Homeland Security officials that they would abide by a judge’s March 15 order to halt the in-progress deportation of roughly 130 Venezuelans to El Salvador under an obscure wartime law. According to the documentation disclosed to the Senate Judiciary Committee following a whistleblower complaint Reuveni filed last month, officials rebuffed his requests with either vague or no responses.



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