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| CBS Misrepresents Facts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case in One-Sided ''60 Minutes'' Interview with Fired DOJ Lawyer |
| 2025-10-22 |
| [TENNESSEESTAR] In its Sunday episode of ''60 Minutes,'' the broadcast television network CBS misrepresented the facts in the civil immigration lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is separately charged with human smuggling in Tennessee by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The segment featured an interview of Erez Reuveni, who was fired from the DOJ earlier this year for allegedly failing to appropriately defend the DHS from the lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia, conducted by ''60 Minutes'' reporter Scott Pelley. Though Pelley accurately described Reuveni's 15 years at the DOJ, which saw him earn three awards for his work defending the federal government, the reporter neglected to include the critical description of Reuveni's actions by his former DOJ supervisor, attorney August Flentje, who, in an April letter, appeared to suggest Reuveni succumbed to pressure after being promoted. ''Neither overall pressure or a misguided litigation strategy — if that is correct — excuses revealing internal disputes between DoJ and DHS relating to the litigation,'' wrote Flentje, before adding that he recommended Reuveni receive ''counseling'' over his actions. Pelley next allowed Reuveni to repeat his claim that an official appointed by President Donald Trump revealed a plan to defy a federal court order. Specifically, Reuveni restated his claim that U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was then serving as a deputy associate attorney general for the Trump administration, revealed a plan to deport members of a Venezuelan terrorist gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), using the Alien Enemies Act, even if a court attempted to block the flights. As Reuveni related the events to Pelley, Bove's remarks led another DOJ attorney, Drew Ensign, to claim in court that he did not know when the TdA members would be deported, which the ex-DOJ lawyer said amounted to defiance. Bove has denied Reuveni's version of events, while Flentje did not reference the meeting with Bove in his April letter to the DOJ Human Resources Division. ''My testimony is corroborated by a written statement from Mr. Reuveni's immediate supervisor, submitted under penalty of perjury long before my nomination, in which the supervisor explained that I instructed DOJ attorneys to 'avoid' a court order and 'do whatever we could properly do' to accomplish that goal during the March 14, 2025 meeting,'' said Bove in a written response to the U.S. Senate during his judicial confirmation process. Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued a verbal restraining order demanding the government return the deportation flights on March 15, as the planes were already en route to El Salvador. During the ''60 Minutes'' reporting, neither Pelley nor Reuveni acknowledged that the U.S. Supreme Court eventually vacated Boasberg's order, or that the Trump administration has followed other court orders that heavily curtailed its use of the Alien Enemies Act, in apparent contradiction to Reuveni's claim that the government is flouting court orders under Trump. Pelley next included legal analysis from Peter Keisler, an attorney who previously worked under former President George W. Bush and former President Ronald Reagan. Presenting him as an unbiased analyst, Pelley neglected to note that Keisler left the Republican Party over its affiliation with President Donald Trump, and in 2021 claimed in The Atlantic that Trump's defense strategy at his second impeachment trial, which leaned heavily on the First Amendment, was invalid, by asserting that a president's speech could be cause for impeachment. 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