We're not even six months into Trump's second term, and we're already seeing some major cracks in his MAGA base on issues like foreign wars and possible amnesty.

The Justice Department pushed back Thursday against a former employee-turned-leaker who alleged senior officials instructed attorneys to disregard federal court orders, calling him a “disgruntled” ex-staffer engaged in a politically timed smear campaign against President Donald Trump‘s federal appeals court nominee Emil Bove.

Bove has been under scrutiny in recent weeks ever since a Justice Department whistleblower said he has been leading an effort to mislead federal judges and undermine their direct orders.

A former Justice Department lawyer accused the Trump administration of “thumbing its nose at the courts,” saying his former colleagues were being forced to choose between the president’s agenda and t...