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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

DoJ whistleblower provides emails backing claim Emil Bove defied courts over deportations

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Emil Bove speaks during a Senate hearing on 25 June 2025. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Erez Reuveni, a former justice department attorney who was dismissed from his post, has provided text messages to the Senate judiciary committee supporting his whistleblower complaint involving Emil Bove, a top department official who is currently being considered for a seat on the federal bench.

Reuveni’s initial complaint, filed last month, included the explosive allegation that Bove had told justice department lawyers that they “would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such court order” blocking efforts to remove immigrants to El Salvador.

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