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Senate Advances Trump Nominee Emil Bove After Narrow Vote

Republican leaders cleared the path for a final Senate vote on Bove’s confirmation, with the outcome expected before Congress’s next recess.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters as the Senate holds its first procedural vote on Emil Bove's nomination for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Democrats of the Senate Judiciary Committee walk out during a nomination vote for Emil Bove, a nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Bove after Democrats from the committee stormed out in protest when the panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), called the roll before every Democrat on the committee had a chance to air their objections. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives to advance President Donald Trump's nominees for the federal bench, including Emil Bove, Trump's former defense lawyer, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • The Senate voted 50-48 to advance Emil Bove’s Third Circuit nomination, with Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats in opposing the procedural motion.
  • Bove, a former Trump personal lawyer and principal associate deputy attorney general, faces a whistleblower allegation that he urged DOJ attorneys to defy court orders.
  • Democrats walked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in protest and have vowed to deploy additional procedural tactics to delay Bove’s confirmation.
  • More than 900 former Justice Department lawyers and about 80 retired judges have signed letters warning that Bove’s appointment would undermine judicial independence.
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune is considering foregoing the August recess to keep the chamber in session for Bove’s final confirmation vote and other pending judicial nominees.