Senate Approves MAGA Judge Nominee In 50-49 Vote

The Associated Press reports:

The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department. A former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Bove was on Trump’s legal team during his New York hush money trial and defended Trump in the two federal criminal cases. He will serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Democrats have vehemently opposed Bove’s nomination. They have also criticized his efforts to investigate department officials who were involved in the prosecutions of hundreds of Trump supporters who were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Bove has accused FBI officials of “insubordination” for refusing to hand over the names of agents who investigated the attack and ordered the firing of a group of prosecutors involved in those Jan. 6 criminal cases.

Read the full article. Three DOJ witnesses said that Bove had lied during his Senate confirmation hearing. Republicans didn’t care.

50-49: Senate narrowly confirmed President Trump’s former defense attorney Emil Bove to a lifetime appointment as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Republican Senators Collins (ME) and Murkowski (AK) voted No. Senator Hagerty (R-TN) missed the vote. pic.twitter.com/8LOVVuy8pj

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