Trump lawyer turned top DOJ official said prosecutors should ignore court orders and tell judge f*** you: whistleblower [View all]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 24 June 2025 13:27 EDT


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.

Bove told government attorneys they should “consider telling the courts ‘f*** you’ and ignore any such order,” according to Reuvani’s account, which was sent to lawmakers and the department’s inspector general on Tuesday. Other top department officials also appeared to be willing to stonewall judges or lie to achieve their goals, according to the report.

Bove, meanwhile, has been nominated by the president to sit on a federal appeals court. He is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Reuvani spent almost 15 years at the Justice Department until April, when he shared concerns in federal court that the administration had deported a man to El Salvador by mistake. Just one day later, he was placed on administrative leave, and he was subsequently fired.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/emil-bove-trump-department-of-justice-b2776109.html