DHS investigating Border Patrol’s “Gruppenführer” Greg Bovino for antisemitic cracks

The Nazi costume-inspired clown who led the Trump administration’s over-aggressive Minnesota immigration crackdown is now under investigation after allegedly mocking a federal prosecutor’s Jewish faith and sneering about Shabbat during a phone call with state officials.

Bovino, who became the public face of the heavily scrutinized immigration crackdown in Minnesota that left two US citizens dead at the hands of federal agents, allegedly mocked federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen during a January phone call with state prosecutors. According to the Times, Bovino allegedly made sarcastic comments about Rosen’s observance of Shabbat – the weekly period of rest from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset – and used the phrase “chosen people” in a derisive tone during the 12 January call.

The call came after Bovino requested a meeting with Rosen to push the Minnesota US attorney’s office into a stronger response toward criminalizing people who Bovino believed were impeding federal agents from enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state, the Times reported on Saturday.

On Tuesday, the Times reported that John Breckenridge, a special investigator with Customs and Border Protection, had launched an “official inquiry into the allegation” that Bovino made “unprofessional comments”. Breckenridge contacted the Times seeking assistance with the inquiry but did not say whether other aspects of Bovino’s conduct were under review.

Guardian

It would seem that when you’re already under scrutiny for a deadly federal crackdown, tossing in some antisemitic wisecracks doesn’t fly under the radar.