A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.

Emil Bove, a top DOJ official who has been nominated to be an appellate judge, is the subject of whistleblower allegations.

Documents shared Thursday provide new details about Trump administration efforts to run around a court order to ground flights carrying migrants to a Salvadoran prison, as well as Department of Justice (DOJ) leader Emil Bove’s directive to be prepared to tell the courts “f— you” on the matter.

U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday released internal Justice Department text messages and emails to corroborate claims by a whistleblower who alleged that President Donald Trump's judicial nominee Emil Bove suggested that department lawyers could defy court orders to carry out mass deportations.