Two-and-a-half weeks ago, lawyers for Department of Justice whistleblower Erez Reuveni presented his charges against Third Circuit nominee and other senior DOJ officials in a 27-page letter. I summarized Reuveni’s charges and expressed my doubts about Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s claim that the charges “are utterly false.”
There have been some significant developments since then: (1) Bove’s testimony at his June 25 confirmation hearing, (2) Bove’s responses to post-hearing written questions, and, just yesterday, (3) the public release of a batch of text messages, emails, and phone records that Reuveni has submitted in support of his charges; (4) a New York Times interview with Reuveni; and (5) this tweet by Attorney General Pam Bondi in direct response to the NYT reporter’s tweet of the interview:
We support legitimate whistleblowers, but this disgruntled employee is not a whistleblower — he’s a leaker asserting false claims seeking five minutes of fame, conveniently timed just before a confirmation hearing and a committee vote. As Mr. Bove testified and as the Department has made clear, there was no court order to defy, as we successfully argued to the DC Circuit when seeking a stay, when they stayed Judge Boasberg’s lawless order. And no one was ever asked to defy a court order. This is another instance of misinformation being spread to serve a narrative that does not align with the facts. This “whistleblower” signed 3 briefs defending DOJ’s position in this...
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