Anonymous Former DOJ Attorney

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A former Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney was the first – of three — whistleblowers to alert accountability holders that senior DOJ officials, including President Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove, violated court orders relating to the Trump Administration’s immigration deportation policies, then directed DOJ lawyers to commit perjury in federal court to cover up the violation. The whistleblower, whose identity remains protected, provided internal DOJ documents to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which, despite having received the complaint in early May 2025 — both digitally and by courier – later claimed they had “lost” the complaint. For nearly three months, while Bove’s judicial nomination advanced through the Senate, the OIG failed to review crucial evidence related to his fitness to be nominated to a federal judgeship. Only on the eve of Bove’s confirmation vote did the OIG “find” our client’s complaint and advise they would be unable to investigate the claims prior to Bove’s confirmation vote. 

In response to the OIG’s mishandling of this case, Whistleblower Aid has called upon Congress to investigate the DOJ OIG’s failure to act on this complaint in a timely manner, and to examine whether political interference played a role.