Overview
- The committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on President Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- A letter signed by over 900 ex-DOJ attorneys, including 11 former San Diego prosecutors, urges senators to reject Bove over concerns about politicized prosecutions and department integrity.
- Former acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove drew criticism for ordering the dismissal of bribery charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and pressuring staff to comply.
- A whistleblower alleges Bove instructed DOJ lawyers to ignore federal court injunctions during Venezuelan deportations, an accusation he denied under oath at his confirmation hearing.
- Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on July 14 to advance the nomination despite bipartisan objections highlighting risks to ethics and judicial independence.