A third whistleblower has come forward to challenge the federal judicial nomination of Emil Bove, sharing evidence with lawmakers suggesting the controversial former attorney for Donald Trump and current top Justice Department official misled lawmakers about his handling of the dismissal of public corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
The whistleblower — whose existence has not been previously reported — contends the evidence contradicts Bove’s sworn testimony last month to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which could take a final vote on his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit as early as Tuesday.
The Washington Post reviewed the evidence and agreed to withhold details to protect the identity of the whistleblower, whose lawyers spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the whistleblower’s fear of retribution. The lawyers say they have also turned the material over to the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
The president formally nominated Bove — who represented Trump in three of the four criminal cases against him — to the lifetime judicial post in June and the process has been on a faster timeline than most other judicial nominations.
The information follows revelations from two other Justice Department whistleblowers who have said that Bove told subordinates in a meeting in March that they may need to ignore court orders that would hamper Trump’s campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. One of...
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