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Senate Judiciary Republicans Advance Bove Nomination Without Whistleblower Hearing

Chairman Grassley rejected Democrats’ request to hear the whistleblower under oath before Thursday’s confirmation vote.

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Emil Bove, US circuit judge for the third circuit nominee for US President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Former Trump attorney Emil Bove, now a top Justice Department official, has been appointed to to serve as an appellate court judge. More than 900 former DOJ employees on July 16, 2025, warned the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee against confirming him.
Emil Bove III: The man who allegedly told Justice Department lawyers they might need to tell federal judges "f--- you" is now nominated for a lifetime appointment to the bench he once suggested defying. Here, president Donald Trump's nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, is sworn in before testifying during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednessday, June 25, 2025.

Overview

  • Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley scheduled a vote on Emil Bove’s Third Circuit nomination after declining to hold another hearing for ex-DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni’s testimony.
  • Reuveni alleges Bove urged Justice Department attorneys to defy federal court orders and “tell the courts ‘f— you’” to carry out deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
  • More than 75 former federal and state judges sent a letter urging senators to reject Bove’s lifetime appointment over his record of firing Jan. 6 prosecutors and dropping corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
  • Sen. Thom Tillis, who previously said he would oppose nominees excusing the Jan. 6 attack, indicated he will back Bove, ensuring enough GOP support to pass the committee vote.
  • If the committee approves the nomination, Bove will advance to the full Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority and are poised to confirm him.