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Senate Judiciary Democrats launch probe into whether Trump officials violated court orders

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01.07.2025

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee opened an investigation Tuesday into whether the Trump administration violated various court orders in carrying out deportation flights to foreign countries.

The probe was sparked by a whistleblower complaint from a fired career Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney, Erez Reuveni, who alleged that Emil Bove, principal deputy attorney general, said during a March 14 meeting that the department may need to be prepared to tell the courts “f--- you” amid challenges to block flights under the Alien Enemies Act.

“This disclosure, which was lawfully transmitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee under the Whistleblower Protection Act, describes multiple instances where senior DOJ officials advocated for ignoring court orders, delayed compliance with court orders, presented baseless legal arguments, misrepresented facts or made false statements in court, and directed Mr. Reuveni to misrepresent facts in court,” the committee wrote.

Bove’s comments allegedly came amid plans to send migrants to a megaprison in El Salvador. The whistleblower complaint accuses Bove of saying the Department of Homeland Security should be prepared to carry out flights even if a court intervened and blocked them.

Bove’s hunch that courts could swiftly intervene to block use of the law was correct — U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg on the........

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