The Department of Justice has agreed indefinitely in the lawyer who argued on behalf of the Government on Friday in a lawsuit filed by a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador by mistake, sources familiar with the matter to ABC News said.
The sources said that Erez Reuveni, the interim deputy director of the Immigration Litigation Office, was said by officials of the Department of Justice that he was being licensed by a “breach of the lack of heat” for the interests of the government.
“In my direction, all lawyers of the Department of Justice must jealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement on Saturday. “Any lawyer who does not comply with this address will face consequences.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a press conference in the Department of Justice, on February 12, 2025, in Washington.
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The Department of Justice also placed the deputy director of the Office of Pagered Administrative License Immigration, said sources familiar with the matter to ABC News.
August Flentje, who was the Reuveni supervisor, was placed on administrative license on Saturday by Main Justice officials for “not supervising a subordinate,” according to sources.
The appeal report that was presented to the 4th circuit on Saturday morning of the electronic signature of Bears Flentje.
The officials of the Department of Justice did not respond immediately to the request for comments of ABC News.
The Government is trying to appeal an order of the judge who presided over Friday’s hearing and ordered the department to facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego García on Monday.
At Friday’s hearing, Reuveni fought repeatedly when Judge Paula Xinis of the United States District Court for the Maryland district for details about the deportation of Abrego García, and why the administration said he could not facilitate his return to the United States.
The exterior of the terrorist confinement center as Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem arrives, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025.
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At a time of the audience, Xinis asked Reuveni under what authority of the agents of the law they seized Abrego García.
Reuveni said he was frustrated because he didn’t have those answers.
“His honor, my answer to many of these questions will be frustrating, and I am also frustrated to have no answers to you in many of these questions,” said Reuveni.
