Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump [View all]

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Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

UPDATED JULY 17, 202511:31 AM ET
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Carrie Johnson


Emil Bove, President Trump's pick to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump's former personal attorney, to a lifetime federal judgeship. All the Democrats on the panel walked out and did not vote. ... Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals now moves to the full Senate.

Bove is tied to some of the most aggressive legal moves by the Justice Department this year.

Emil Bove, then Donald Trump's personal attorney, looks on at Trump's sentencing hearing in front of a New York state judge at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025, in New York City.

Bove, 44, previously served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and defended Trump in a pair of criminal cases filed by the Justice Department.

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