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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander and Alex Woodward

Trump lawyer turned top DOJ official said prosecutors should ignore court orders and tell judge ‘f*** you’: whistleblower

Emil Bove, a former defense lawyer for President Donald Trump who is now a top official at the Department of Justice, told staff that he was willing to disregard court orders to advance the president’s mass deportation efforts, according to a whistleblower complaint.

The attorney who filed the complaint, Erez Reuvani, has since been fired. The letter was first reported by The New York Times.

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