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He says he was 'stunned' when Emil Bove said department could 'blatantly ignore court orders'

A top Justice Department official suggested the Trump administration might have to ignore court orders as it prepared to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members, a fired department lawyer alleged in a whistleblower complaint made public Tuesday. In a letter seeking a congressional and Justice Department watchdog investigation, the former government lawyer, Erez Reuveni, alleges he was pushed out and publicly disparaged after resisting efforts to defy judges and make arguments in court that were false or had no legal basis, the AP reports. He had worked for the Justice Department for nearly 15 years under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

• Claims come a day before Bove hearing. The whistleblower's claims about Principal Assistant Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove come a day before Bove is set to face lawmakers Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to become a federal appeals court judge.

• An explosive allegation. The most explosive allegation in the letter from Reuveni's lawyers centers around a Justice Department meeting in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act over what he claimed was an invasion by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the AP reports. Reuveni says Bove raised the possibility that a court might block the deportations before they could be carried out. Reuveni claims Bove used a...

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