Federal appeals court nominee Emil Bove, denying a whistleblower's account, says he never told DOJ attorneys to ignore court orders.

Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's former defense attorney who took aggressive steps to enforce Trump's political agenda at the Justice Department in the early months of his presidency, told the Senate Judiciary Committee,

Former Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove is accused of suggesting to prosecutors that they may need to defy a judge’s order in a deportation case.