Bove is alleged to have encouraged defiance of court orders.

A new lawsuit aims to uncover internal messages sent by Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official and Seneca Falls native, as scrutiny mounts ahead of his judicial confirmation, according to The Hill.

A watchdog group launched a records lawsuit Thursday to obtain communications involving Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department (DOJ) leader at the center of a recent whistleblower complaint.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. Senate Democrats today released internal Justice Department text messages and emails to corroborate claims by a whistleblower who alleged that President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove suggested that department lawyers could defy court orders to carry out mass deportations.