President Donald Trump’s former defense attorney Emil Bove appears to be on a glide path to approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, his first formal hurdle in a bid to become a circuit court judge.
Republicans on the committee have raised no major objections with Bove’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, moving forward amid accusations that Bove participated in an effort intended to undermine court rulings against the administration over deportation efforts.
Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday turned down a request from Democrats to hear testimony from former Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni, who has alleged that Bove was part of a wide-ranging plan to potentially defy court orders on deportations.
