Third whistleblower comes out against DOJ’s Emil Bove
A third whistleblower has spoken out against Justice Department official Emil Bove as the former attorney for President Donald Trump seeks a lifetime confirmation to the federal judiciary The latest anonymous informant insists that Bove misled Senate leaders at his confirmation hearing last month when discussing the DOJ s decision to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams The largest part fresh whistleblower shared their evidence with Sen Cory Booker s office according to The Washington Post Booker and Sen Adam Schiff sent a letter to William Blier the Department of Justice s acting inspector general on Tuesday calling for the DOJ to investigate the third whistleblower s indicates In the event these whistleblower complaints and other reports have not already prompted investigations by your office we urge you to undertake a thorough review of these disclosures and assertions the senators wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO Related Rule of loyalists Emil Bove would be the perfect Trumpian judge Trump nominated Bove to the U S Court of Appeals for the rd Circuit in June Since his nomination Bove has been accused of suggesting DOJ staffers defy court orders that could restrict the Trump administration s immigration and deportation agenda The first whistleblower former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni eventually went community with his claims The second whistleblower established Reuveni s proposes Our client whose identity we are protecting has provided substantive internal DOJ documents to the Inspector General supporting former senior DOJ attorney-turned whistleblower Erez Reuveni s charges Whistleblower Aid reported in a declaration Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program Republicans have largely dismissed accusations against Bove A spokesman for Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley R-Iowa announced the insists reek of a bad faith attempt to sink a nominee Sen Eric Schmitt R-Mo declared Bove s commitment to the law is unimpeachable in an op-ed for the Washington Reporter The entire attack rests on an unsubstantiated and hypothetical allegation that Bove might have questioned someone to defy a court order that never existed Schmitt wrote The Senate is expected to vote on Bove s confirmation this week Republican Sens Susan Collins R-Maine and Lisa Murkowski R-Alaska are expected to oppose Bove s confirmation Two additional Republicans would need to defect for Democrats to successfully block the confirmation Read more about the Trump administration Akin to Watergate Trump nominee Emil Bove described DOJ lawyers to ignore court rulings Trump s superpower is no longer working Democracy is at stake in Harvard s lawsuit against Trump The post Third whistleblower comes out against DOJ s Emil Bove appeared first on Salon com
