Emil Bove, nominated by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, forcefully denied allegations Wednesday that he urged Justice Department lawyers to ignore court orders to facilitate deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, calling the claims “wildly inaccurate.”
“No, I have never advised a Department of Justice attorney to violate a court order,” Bove testified during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. “I will reiterate … I did not advise any Justice Department attorney to violate court orders. The Deputy Attorney General [Todd Blanche] … has confirmed that the account in that whistleblower complaint is not accurate.”
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove appears in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Jefferson Siegel/The New
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