The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Emil Bove as a federal judge, installing a Trump loyalist who presided over a tumultuous period at the Justice Department on a crucial appeals court.
The Republican-majority Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bove, who has been serving as a senior Justice Department official, to a lifetime appointment on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Moderate Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined all Democrats in opposition.
Bove overcame fierce opposition from Democrats, who walked out in protest when the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced his nomination, and more than 900 former Justice Department employees, who accused Bove of undermining the integrity of the department.
"This is a dark, dark day, a dark vote and a dangerous nominee Republicans have confirmed," Sen. Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, said following the vote.
Bove won support from Republicans who praised his experience as a federal terrorism prosecutor in New York and a defence lawyer for Trump in three criminal cases the president faced while out of office.
"I believe he will be diligent, capable and fair jurist," Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday, decrying "vicious rhetoric and unfair accusations" levelled by Democrats.
Bove's confirmation will restore a majority for Republican...
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