Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) hinted on Thursday that more whistleblowers may speak out against President Donald Trump's pick for an appellate judgeship.
Booker joined MSNBC's "The Briefing with Jen Psaki" to discuss Emil Bove's chances of being confirmed for the judicial post. Bove has been accused of lying under oath during his latest confirmation hearing about whether he told lawyers at the Department of Justice to disobey court orders. Bove is also Trump's former criminal defense attorney.
"We are getting indications that there may be other people who want to come forward about Bove," Booker told Psaki.
Booker made those comments after the Senate Intelligence Committee reviewed emails and text messages from a whistleblower that appear to show Bove was not completely truthful in his previous testimony.
According to a report by CBS News, the emails and texts show that Bove pressed his colleagues to help overturn an order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.
The emails also call into question the claim that Abrego Garcia is a high-ranking member of the MS-13 street gang, a claim that has been used to justify his detention and subsequent deportation.
"That incongruency should be disqualifying, in my opinion," Booker said.
"It absolutely should be," Psaki said.
"Add to the fact that he is saying those very words, f--- the courts, you cannot be somebody in charge of the rule of law if you are saying those kinds of things," Booker continued.
