Gregory K. Bovino has responded to new reports that he was under internal investigation prior to his controversial retirement from U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) earlier this year.
Bovino, who served as USBP’s commander-at-large and became the de facto face of the Trump administration’s budding mass deportation operation in 2025, abruptly retired in March after 30 years of service amid a changing of the guard at the Department of Homeland Security.
Records released by the federal government last week indicate Bovino was the target of investigations into ‘allegations of misconduct’ and ‘antisemitic remarks’ he allegedly made about U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Daniel Rosen.
Border Hawk reached out to Bovino for comment on these probes and claims made against him, as well as the circumstances leading up to his retirement.
Here is his full response:
I was forced to retire when Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott weaponized the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) against me.
CBP OPR cooked up bogus investigations into a stalwart, career leader who preached “legal, ethical, and moral” to his troops.
Commissioner Scott didn’t go after me for legitimate reasons, but rather because he was against interior operations and I was his de facto political rival. There were two separate investigations that emerged within days of the infamous ‘surrender’ in Minnesota.
The fact that Commissioner Scott waited for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to retire before personally directing OPR to target me was particularly telling.
One investigation stemmed from the already-proven false claim that I lied to Democrat-appointed Federal Court Judge Sarah Ellis during a deposition.
Commissioner Scott, who already tried interfering with the court case when it was in front of Ellis, had the CBP Disciplinary Review Board (DRB), which is comprised of representatives from across CBP, investigate whether or not I lied.
The DRB immediately ruled there was no evidence that I lied. Additionally, a higher court vacated Judge Ellis’ ruling, calling it “constitutionally suspect“ – meaning I was well in the clear.
Normally, that would have been the end of the story – but it wasn’t.
Unwilling to let it drop, Commissioner Scott then submitted the affair to OPR, yet again. Double jeopardy, anyone?
Weaponizing OPR to go after peers such as myself – in spite of an already-vacated ruling – is nothing new to Rodney Scott, who has since gone after other CBP personnel connected with interior operations.
The second “investigation” into my conduct was launched after Commissioner Scott heard via the New York Times – which was allegedly told by confidential, still-unnamed sources – that I uttered antisemitic comments regarding U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen in Minnesota.
It has been by confirmed that I did not have such a conversation with Rosen, and the reporting party who claimed it occurred chose to remain anonymous.
OPR had no witnesses or testimony – only hearsay from anonymous third-party individuals.
Mr. Rosen and I were on good terms. I was unaware I was under investigation until the New York Times called me to ask about it.
I found it alarming, to say the least, that the media was who informed me I was under investigation.
I have enough experience to know I wouldn’t get a fair shake – a fact driven home by legal counsel who advised me to retire immediately.
Then came the knock on my door by two OPR special agents who were receiving guidance from CBP leadership to “make entry” without a warrant. Both OPR agents understood this was not a wise idea and left my residence after Border Patrol arrived on scene.
I retired the following day.
See our previous interview with Gregory Bovino:
Commander Bovino: Border Patrol Was Launching Nationwide Lightning Strikes From Military Aircraft When Minneapolis Clashes Killed Mass Deportation Momentum
The Trump administration’s mass deportation crusade was shifting into high gear with the rollout of a nationwide… pic.twitter.com/saEwp8Nj42
— Border Hawk (@BorderHawkNews) June 2, 2026
