Overview

• Whistleblower Erez Reuveni claims that in a March meeting Emil Bove suggested ignoring judicial injunctions and using profanity toward courts to carry out mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
• The complaint, filed Tuesday with Congress and the DOJ’s inspector general, alleges senior department leaders planned to mislead judges and press baseless legal arguments to expedite migrant removals.
• Reuveni says he was suspended and later fired after objecting to directives to file what he deemed frivolous briefs and for exposing the mistaken deportation of Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who attests he was present at the meeting, has dismissed the whistleblower’s account as false and blamed leaks by a dissatisfied former employee.
• Senate Judiciary ranking member Dick Durbin warned colleagues of the stakes in confirming Bove to a lifetime appellate judgeship as today’s hearing proceeds.