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Trump judge nominee told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders on deportations: Whistleblower

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Department of Justice official Emil Bove once served President Donald Trump as a criminal defense lawyer. Trump has nominated him to a federal appeals court.

Trump judge nominee told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders on deportations: Whistleblower

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A fired Department of Justice lawyer says that top DOJ official Emil Bove told department attorneys to consider telling judges “f---k you” and ignore any court order barring the Trump administration from deporting immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.

Donald Trump has nominated Bove as a federal circuit court appeals judge.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Dick Durbin, an Ilinois Democrat, urged his Republican colleagues not to “turn a blind eye to the dire consequences of confirming” Bove to a lifetime position as a circuit court judge.

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