"According to several people with knowledge of the telephone conversation, which took place on Jan. 12, Mr. Bovino made derisive remarks about the faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, Daniel N. Rosen, the report said, continuing: Mr. Rosen is an Orthodox Jew and observes Shabbat, a period of rest between Friday and Saturday nights that often includes refraining from using electronic devices."
"Mr. Bovino, who has been the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, used the term chosen people in a mocking way, according to the people with knowledge of the call. He also asked, sarcastically, whether Mr. Rosen understood that Orthodox Jewish criminals don't take weekends off, the people said. Bovino was allegedly upset that Rosen had been unavailable to discuss the goings-on in Minnesota because of Shabbat observances. Lawyers in the Minneapolis field office told The Times that Bovino's comments left them deeply unsettled."
Border Patrol field leader Gregory Bovino allegedly made derisive remarks about U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen's Jewish faith during a Jan. 12 conference call with DOJ attorneys following Renee Good's shooting death in Minneapolis. Rosen observes Shabbat and had been unavailable to discuss the situation. Bovino reportedly mocked the concept of Jews as the 'chosen people' and sarcastically asked whether Orthodox Jewish criminals refrain from weekends. Minneapolis field office lawyers said the comments left them deeply unsettled. Bovino was reassigned after another shooting and had previously minimized a victim. DHS emphasized focusing on victims of crime. Neither Bovino nor DOJ commented; Rosen declined.
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