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A top Justice Department official suggested the Trump administration might have to ignore court orders as it prepared to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members, a fired department lawyer alleged in a whistleblower complaint made public Tuesday. The filing seeking an investigation into the claims about Principal Assistant Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who is set to face lawmakers Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to become a federal appeals court judge. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on X that the claims are “utterly false.”  Blanche said he was at the meeting and “at no time did anyone suggest a court order should not be followed.”