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In the early days of the first Trump Administration, Erez Reuveni, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, went to court to defend the new Presidentâs travel ban on foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.
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Creators Syndicate on MSNThe Justice Department Whistleblower"If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone," Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department lawyer who has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Senate Judiciary Committee told The New York Times.
Erez Reuveni worked as a lawyer for the Department of Justice for nearly fifteen years, largely on immigration cases. After refusing to make claims that he considered unsupported about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, he was fired. Now heâs speaking out. Plus:
If, as a government lawyer, Emil Bove canât be trusted to follow court orders, should the Senate entrust him with reviewing, much less upholding, them?
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The Senate panel considering Emil Bove's nomination to be a judge has emails regarding allegations he advised DOJ to defy court orders.
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In comments from the bench, Xinis confirmed that she had little faith in Gilesâ testimony and that it had undermined rather than bolstered the governmentâs position. âThe evidence is not credible,â Xinis said. âItâs insufficient and incredible.â
According to the whistleblower's claims, Bove said at a March meeting that the DOJ âwould need to consider telling the courts âfuck youâ" and ignore any potential court order that would enjoin removals before they could be carried out.
Erez Reuveni, a senior Justice Department lawyer, has been placed on paid administrative leave after a high-profile courtroom appearance where he failed to defend the governmentâs position in ...
The attorney general, limping through a turbulent week, lashed out at a whistleblower alleging high-level DOJ misconduct.