A former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee alleges in a whistleblower complaint that Emil Bove, the principal assistant deputy attorney general, made repeated attempts to willingly disobey or ignore court orders.
Bove, who is now a judicial nominee for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was accused in the complaint of using a “lack of candor, deliberate delay and disinformation” to violate injunctions against the Trump administration. The complaint, which was sent from the Government Accountability Project to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and the DOJ’s inspector general, was first reported by The New York Times.
Former government attorney Erez Reuveni alleges in the complaint that DOJ leaders in March and April planned to “resist court orders” that would slow Trump administration efforts to deport people in the country without legal status.
In a meeting on March 14 about deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, Bove, according to the complaint, “stressed to all in attendance that the planes needed to take off no matter what.” In the face of legal challenges, he proposed the department tell the courts “f— you” and “ignore” court orders blocking the Trump administration’s attempted removal of these individuals.
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