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Emil Bove Is Considered for Circuit Court Nomination
- Emil Bove III, a senior official at the Justice Department and former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, is being considered for a judgeship on the federal appellate bench serving the Third Circuit in 2025.
- This consideration comes after Bove’s swift advancement within the Justice Department, highlighted by his involvement in seeking to drop legal allegations against New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams, a move that generated significant controversy and led to multiple resignations among veteran prosecutors.
- Bove earned a reputation as Trump's aggressive enforcer by issuing memos on immigration enforcement, ordering firings of senior FBI officials, and leading the Weaponization Working Group investigating prosecutors and FBI staff.
- Critics describe Bove as having a 'bullying mishandling' style and refer to him as 'Trump's hatchet man', while the National Review calls his potential nomination 'disturbing news' and questions his judicial temperament.
- Should the Senate approve the nomination, Emil Bove would be granted a lifetime position, filling one of the two open seats on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, although it is still uncertain which vacancy he would assume or whether a final decision has been made by Trump.
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(Photo by Angela Weiss – Pool/Getty Images) When the first Trump administration started elevating unqualified cranks and Biglaw associates to the federal bench, the legal community braced themselves for dingbat outcomes like written opinions becoming insulting rants or tragi-comic linguistic gymnastics over basic vocabulary words. While those wacky predictions came to pass, some of us focused on another fear: if Trump had already picked so much …
Trump considering former personal attorney Emil Bove for federal judgeship
President Donald Trump is considering nominating Emil Bove, his former personal attorney who currently holds a senior role at the Justice Department, as a federal appeals judge, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
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