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Senate Panel Moves to Advance Trump’s Controversial Judicial Nominee Emil Bove

Republicans dismiss calls for further whistleblower testimony in a bid to advance Bove’s nomination this week despite widespread objections over his Justice Department conduct.

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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 Chair Chuck Grassley rejected Democrats’ request for a second hearing with whistleblower Erez Reuveni ahead of Thursday’s committee vote on Emil Bove’s Third Circuit nomination.
  • More than 75 former judges and over 900 former Justice Department employees have urged senators to oppose Bove, citing allegations of defying court orders and politicizing prosecutorial decisions.
  • Whistleblower Erez Reuveni alleges Bove told DOJ attorneys they could tell courts “f—k you” to proceed with deportations, a claim Bove denied under oath at his confirmation hearing.
  • Bove has faced scrutiny for orchestrating the dismissal of career prosecutors involved in January 6 cases and for leading the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
  • Senate Republicans, including swing vote Sen. Thom Tillis, are poised to back Bove, giving the committee the majority needed to send his nomination to the full Senate.