WASHINGTON — A former Justice Department lawyer who has emerged as a whistleblower has shared text messages and emails with Congress in an attempt to bolster his claim that senior officials, specifically top DOJ official Emil Bove, discussed plans for the Trump administration to ignore court orders to carry out the president’s deportation agenda.

Bove, who was a criminal defense attorney for President Donald Trump before joining the Justice Department as the principal associate attorney general, is being considered by the Senate for a seat on the Pennsylvania-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

• A former Justice Department lawyer who has emerged as a whistleblower has shared text messages and emails with Congress in an attempt to bolster his claim that senior officials, specifically top DOJ official Emil Bove, discussed plans for the Trump administration to ignore court orders to carry out the president’s deportation agenda

• Erez Reuveni, who was fired from the department, alleges that Bove said during a meeting that the department would need to consider telling the courts “f--- you” and that government attorneys were instructed to defy judges and make arguments in court that were false or had no legal basis

• Attorney General Pam Bondi denied Reuveni’s claims Thursday, describing him as a “disgruntled employee” and not a “legitimate whistleblower”

• Reuveni’s texts and emails were released publicly Thursday by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who argued the documents...

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