New communications revealed on Friday show that Erez Reuveni, the former attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who was fired for failing to strongly represent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the lawsuit over its decision to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, expressed concern about upsetting the judge overseeing the case when informed of the Trump administration’s legal strategy.
The New York Times reported on Friday that Reuveni privately disagreed with the DHS legal strategy in the Abrego Garcia case, as the DHS and Trump administration sought for the citizen of El Salvador to remain incarcerated in his homeland, where DHS deemed the man accused of being a gang member, domestic abuser, and human trafficker belonged.
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