US President Donald Trump’s nominated federal court Judge on Wednesday had denied that he told the justice department attorneys to ignore court orders. Emil Bove told the Senate Judiciary committee that he has been inaccurately portrayed as Trump’s “henchman” and “enforcer” at the department and added that he is someone who takes a stand for what he believes is right, AP reported. “I have never advised a Department of Justice attorney to violate a court order,” Bove told the Committee. He added, “I don’t think there’s any validity to the suggestion that that whistleblower complaint filed yesterday calls into question my qualifications to serve as a circuit judge.” The controversy started after a whistleblower filed a complaint against him dying thy Bove ran a campaign to defy judges to carry out President Trump’s deportation plans. Bove used to be Trump’s lawyer and has been involved in some very controversial since Trump returned to the White House. That includes dropping a corruption case against New York City’s Mayor, Eric Adams. Bove also criticized the FBI for not sharing the names of agents who worked on the Capitol riot investigation and fired some of the prosecutors working on the January 6 cases. “I am someone who tries to stand up for what I believe is right,” Bove said. Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni, who was fired in April after conceding in court that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who had been living in Maryland, said that there was a meeting in march about Trump’s plan for a law to deport people. According to Reuveni, Bove said that a judge might try to stop the deportations. He also said that Bove used a dirty word and said the Justice Department need not listen to the judge’s order and do the deportations anyway. Bove denied by saying that he doesn’t remember.