Judge Skewers Defiant Trump DOJ In Abrego Garcia Case
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In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.
In the early days of the first Trump Administration, Erez Reuveni, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, went to court to defend the new President’s travel ban on foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
The accusations from a veteran government lawyer add to broader concern about the Trump administration's repeated clashes with the judiciary.
"I'm not here to answer your questions," the judge told the Trump administration's lawyer at one point. The post 'You've destroyed it': Irate judge repeatedly jabs DOJ lawyer for violations and inaccuracies during Abrego Garcia hearing first appeared on Law & Crime.