Justice Department official Emil Bove is poised to be installed as a federal appellate judge despite whistleblower allegations over his handling of immigration litigation against the Trump administration and the dismissal of criminal charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a Judiciary Committee member who isn’t running for reelection next year and has broken with his party in the past, said Tuesday that he still supports Bove “at this point” for a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Bove is teed up to receive a confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate as early as Tuesday. Senate Republicans can lose up to three votes, with Vice President J.D. Vance to break the tie, to advance nominees on the floor.
Two Senate Republicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, have already indicated they’re opposed to Bove after voting against him in a procedural vote to move forward with his nomination.
Tillis, whose decision to not back President Donald Trump’s pick for DC US attorney sank the nomination, took issue with the “eleventh-hour” timing of allegations surfacing after Bove’s nomination hearing at the Judiciary Committee, though he said he’d be open to speaking with a whistleblower if his staff recommends it.
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