New reporting suggests that Judge Emil Bove, a former member of President Donald Trump's legal team, spoke in favor of murdering people aboard alleged drug boats without proving they had done anything wrong.

While serving as acting deputy attorney general after Trump took office, Bove told the federal government's top drug prosecutors that the administration was no longer interested in intercepting boats carrying narcotics, multiple sources told NPR .

Since that time, the U.S. military has killed more than 75 people in boat strikes without providing any direct evidence to support the claim that they posed a threat to Americans.

During his February address to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), Bove reportedly shocked attendees when he said the new policy should

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