Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked during a congressional budget hearing Wednesday about a whistleblower's claims that Trump judicial nominee and Justice Department official Emil Bove suggested ignoring court orders to carry out deportations.
Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee at 10 a.m. EDT. Watch the full hearing in our video player above.
Bondi said she found the timing "suspect," a day before Bove's confirmation hearing Wednesday to become a federal appeals court judge.
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Bondi noted that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the claims by the Justice Department lawyer — who was fired after acknowledging to a judge that Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported by mistake — are false.
"I stand by Emil Bove and I stand by Todd Blanche every day and I always will," Bondi said.