Justice Department official Emil Bove was narrowly confirmed to a lifetime seat on the federal appeals court after the GOP-led Senate dismissed whistleblower claims he urged the Trump administration to defy court orders.
The Senate voted 50-49 to approve President Trump’s former defense attorney to the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) breaking ranks and joining all 47 Democrats in opposing the nominee.
Tennessee Republican Bill Hagerty was absent for the vote.
The 44-year-old attorney, who served as Trump’s personal lawyer during his criminal cases last year, will now sit on the judicial post that oversees federal courts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
During the contentious confirmation hearings, Bove faced sharp criticism from Democrats over his role in the dismissal of federal prosecutors handling the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot cases and his involvement in a request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
He was also accused by fired DOJ official Erez Reuveni of telling federal prosecutors that White House officials might not comply with court orders that could interfere with the administration’s mass deportation plans – a claim Bove told lawmakers he had “no recollection of saying.”
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