DOJ Official Emil Bove Told Staff to Defy Federal Judges

Trump Department of Justice official Emil Bove reportedly instructed DOJ staff that they could tell federal judges to go fuck themselves when faced with court orders conflicting with administration directives. The statement, relayed by a whistleblower, came as DOJ was engaged in multiple contempt proceedings. Legal scholars said the instruction constituted an unprecedented public directive to obstruct judicial authority and potentially exposed individual attorneys to professional discipline.