Overview

• Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni says a March meeting included discussion of telling courts “f— you” to block orders halting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act
• The whistleblower letter, released June 24, claims Emil Bove and other senior officials sought to override judicial restraints on deporting Venezuelan migrants accused of gang ties
• Reuveni was placed on leave and later dismissed after objecting to the department’s lack of candor and refusing to file a brief he deemed “frivolous and untrue”
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has labeled the complaint fabricated and insists no one suggested flouting federal court directives
• Emil Bove is answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee as lawmakers weigh his nomination to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals