USBP Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro sector, Greg Bovino, speaks with federal agents in the Cicero neighborhood during an immigration raid, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Greg Bovino, high-ranking Border Patrol official, questioned CNN's Jake Tapper's social media post citing a judge's ruling in November.
“Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times,” the judge wrote in the document.
Bovino then replied to Tapper, "Then identify the lie, Jake. No one can seem to find this mysterious 'lie.'"
Tapper replied, "Happy to help, sir."
The CNN host then walked through several instances in which Bovino's lies were cited by the judge in her ruling.
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis, out of Illinois, wrote in her ruling, "Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."
"Bovino and DHS have represented that a rock hit Bovino in the helmet before he threw tear gas. ...On the first day," of his deposition "Bovino admitted that he was not hit with a rock until after he had deployed tear gas," Ellis wrote.
"Bovino then offered a new justification for his use of chemical munitions, testifying that he only threw tear gas after he 'had received a projectile, a rock,' which 'almost hit' him..." the judge's ruling continued.
"Despite being presented with video evidence that did not show a rock thrown at him before he launched the first tear gas canister, Bovino nonetheless maintained his testimony throughout the first and second days of his deposition," the statement goes on.
Tapper then cited the judge's date of another "mistake" from Bovino.
"But on November 4, 2025, the final session of his deposition, Bovino admitted that he was again 'mistaken' and that no rock was thrown at him before he deployed the first tear gas canister," the judge wrote.
"Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible," said the judge. "Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing 'cute' responses to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying."