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If you're a lawyer working for DOJ under Pam Bondi, honestly answering a judge's questions gets you fired [View all]
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Justice Department Suspends Lawyer Over Candid Comments on Immigration Case
The Justice Department suspended one of its top immigration lawyers after he criticized the Trump administration for a lack of transparency about a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
Erez Reuveni, a senior lawyer in the Justice Department’s immigration litigation office, was placed on indefinite leave Saturday, the day after a hearing that led to a judge’s ordering the U.S. to return the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement confirming the move. “Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.”
Immigration officials have attributed Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador as an administrative error. In 2019, an immigration judge ordered that he not be returned to his home country.
After Abrego Garcia’s March arrest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged that he was a leader of MS-13.
The Justice Department suspended one of its top immigration lawyers after he criticized the Trump administration for a lack of transparency about a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
Erez Reuveni, a senior lawyer in the Justice Department’s immigration litigation office, was placed on indefinite leave Saturday, the day after a hearing that led to a judge’s ordering the U.S. to return the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement confirming the move. “Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.”
Immigration officials have attributed Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador as an administrative error. In 2019, an immigration judge ordered that he not be returned to his home country.
After Abrego Garcia’s March arrest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged that he was a leader of MS-13.
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