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What happened in the Abrego Garcia case
According to Reuveni, they were told the president would be invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law not invoked since World War II, to allow rapid expulsion of citizens of enemy nations during a time of war. Without a declared war, the administration used it for a mass deportation of more than 100 Venezuelans the government said were terrorists.
The Venezuelans were to be denied the right to be heard by a judge and Reuveni said Bove expected a challenge.
"Bove emphasized, those planes need to take off, no matter what," Reuveni said. "Then after a pause, he also told all in attendance, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court, '_____ you.'".....
.....When more facts were known about the weekend flights, it turned out a Salvadoran man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, had been deported by mistake.
While people deported in error are normally returned, Reuveni said that in a phone call from a superior, he was ordered to argue that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 member and a terrorist to prevent his return.
"I respond up the chain of command, no way. That is not correct. That is not factually correct. It is not legally correct. That is, that is a lie. And I cannot sign my name to that brief," Reuveni said.
Reuveni said what was important was not whether or not Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13 or a terrorist, but whether or not he received due process.
"What's to stop them if they decide they don't like you anymore, to say you're a criminal, you're a member of MS-13, you're a terrorist," Reuveni said. "What's to stop them from sending in some DOJ attorney at the direction of DOJ leadership to delay, to filibuster, and if necessary, to lie? And now that's you gone and your liberties changed."
Reuveni was fired after refusing to sign a brief that called Abrego Garcia a terrorist. In June, he filed a whistleblower complaint with the help of attorneys from the Government Accountability Project. ....
I have always maintained if it were proven Garcia was who the DOJ said he was, then it shouldn't be hard to prove that and off he goes. Emil Bove, the temp boss of this fired for telling the truth DOJ employee, has now been elevated to a judgeship after demanding subordinates give the courts an "you know what 'you" if judges ruled against their lies.
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