‘F*** you!' Trump 'whistleblower bomb' goes off detailing lawless DOJ plot: Melber report
Emil Bove, a senior DOJ official, suggested the department should tell courts 'f*** you' and ignore court orders it opposed, according to a whistleblower with firsthand knowledge of senior DOJ planning under Trump. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on the significance of the formal whistleblower complaint, and interviews longtime DOJ veteran prosecutor Andrew Weissman. (Subscribe to Ari's YouTube now: http://youtube.com/arimelber)
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