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The Department of Justice has once again proven just how rotten the swamp is—this time launching an ethics investigation into the supposed “whistleblower” Democrats pinned all their hopes on to torpedo President Trump’s judicial nominee. Erez Reuveni, a former DOJ attorney paraded around like some beacon of truth, now finds himself under scrutiny for his own questionable conduct. It’s hardly surprising that the left’s star witness is turning out to be just another ethically compromised bureaucrat trying to shield the Democratic machine.
Emil Bove, Trump’s pick for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and a former personal attorney to the 45th president, is being attacked not for his qualifications, but because he represents Trump’s brand of law and order. Democrats, desperate to stop his confirmation, have latched onto Reuveni’s claims about supposed violations of court orders tied to immigration policies. But the real scandal here isn’t Bove—it’s that Reuveni might have been violating ethical boundaries himself by leaking sensitive information to the Florida Attorney General’s office during Biden’s administration. Suddenly, the “whistleblower” narrative looks like a cover for internal DOJ gamesmanship and political sabotage cooked up by partisan actors embedded deep within the federal bureaucracy.
JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Dems ask Grassley to hold hearing with DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni before committee vote on Emil Bove's nomination to 3rd Circuit. Durbin says Reuveni's allegations "if true, clearly disqualify" Bovehttps://t.co/K4GefVeM0c pic.twitter.com/ViWVIdaweq
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 15, 2025
Reuveni’s secret phone call to a former DOJ ally turned Florida Attorney General staffer, during which he admitted the DOJ lawyers were kept in the dark and even pleaded to avoid sanctions, is a textbook example of liberal bureaucrats manipulating the system to push their own agenda. The swamp-bred ethics violations involving privileged information leaked during the Biden years expose this so-called “whistleblower” for what he truly is: a political tool rather than a principled messenger. If anyone deserves an ethics probe, it’s Reuveni—not Bove, who is a professional picked for his expertise and loyalty to the rule of law.
Senate Republicans, led by Senator Chuck Grassley, should see right through this cynical stunt. Democrats are grasping at straws as they try to undo the will of the people and block judges who would actually uphold the Constitution rather than cheerlead for open borders and unchecked executive overreach. The reckless production of “whistleblowers” with murky pasts has become their last-ditch effort to stall Trump-backed nominees and keep the courts stacked against conservatives. This symphony of ethical hypocrisy from the DOJ underlines the rot Joe Biden’s administration has left in its wake—a corrupt bureaucracy willing to break its own rules for political gain.
The real question here isn’t whether Bove’s confirmation should be delayed—it’s why the swamp’s defenders continue to push and protect sleazy insiders like Reuveni. It’s time for Republicans to stop playing by the Democrats’ rigged rules. When career DOJ lawyers have compromised themselves in order to take down Trump’s nominees, the department itself needs a complete purge. The American people deserve judges, not partisan activists hiding behind so-called whistleblowers who are nothing more than liars with agendas. Will the Senate finally grow a backbone and reject these political dirty tricks once and for all?
