{"id":2463016,"date":"2025-07-17T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-advances-five-trump-judicial-picks-including-bove\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:24:05","slug":"senate-judiciary-advances-five-trump-judicial-picks-including-bove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-advances-five-trump-judicial-picks-including-bove\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Judiciary advances five Trump judicial picks, including Bove"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-judiciary-advances-five-trump-judicial-picks-including-bove%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department official and former personal attorney to president Donald Trump, to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This approval, along with four othre district court nominees from the Trump administration, occurred amid a Democratic walkout protesting what they described as an abuse of committee process and being denied a chance to speak. Democrats, led by Senator Cory Booker, criticized bove for actions that allegedly undermined federal prosecutors, including his involvement in the removal of prosecutors handling January 6 riot cases, the dismissal of corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and suggestions that the DOJ ignore court orders on immigration. Over 900 former DOJ attorneys opposed his confirmation. Bove denied these allegations under oath, maintaining that all decisions were legally grounded and based on prosecutorial discretion. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Republican lawmakers defended Bove as a principled nominee. the committee also considered other judicial and U.S. Attorney nominees during the session.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate Judiciary Committee advances five Trump judicial picks, including Emil Bove, as Democrats stage walkout<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2158391\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-judiciary-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>&nbsp;advanced the nomination of&nbsp;Emil Bove, a senior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>&nbsp;official and former personal attorney to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>, to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, as Democrats staged a walkout over what they called an abuse of committee process.<\/p>\n<p>The panel approved Bove and four district court nominees along party lines, moving the Trump administration&rsquo;s latest slate of judicial picks closer to confirmation. A full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate<\/a>&nbsp;vote on Bove could come as early as next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3473486\/watchdog-house-democrat-ethics-controversies-doj-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick\/\">Watchdog refers House Democrat embroiled in ethics controversies to DOJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3473859\/doj-fires-maurene-comey-james-daughter-epstein-prosecutor\/\">DOJ fires James Comey&#8217;s daughter who prosecuted Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3473656\/judge-skeptical-doj-effort-abrego-garcia-jail-before-trial\/\">Judge skeptical of DOJ effort to keep Abrego Garcia in jail before trial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s former lawyer, Emil Bove, appears in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Jefferson Siegel\/The New York Times via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senate Democrats exited the hearing in protest, claiming Republicans cut off debate and denied them a chance to speak. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gave an extended floor speech accusing Chairman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA)&nbsp;of breaking Senate rules and rushing the vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBooker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenBooker<\/a> on Emil Bove&#8217;s nomination: &#8220;Federal prosecutors &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-review-blasts-brennans-role-in-launching-russia-hoax\/\" title=\"CIA Review Blasts Brennan\u2019s Role In Launching Russia Hoax\">career professionals &#038;mdash<\/a>; have raised strong reservations about Mr. Bove, who had undermined their legitimate work to hold accountable people who did the most horrific acts of violence [on January 6th].&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v4Pih1N9gM\">pic.twitter.com\/v4Pih1N9gM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1945856850055815405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is just wrong in every way,&rdquo; Booker said. &ldquo;You are a good man. You are a decent man. Why are you doing this? What is Donald Trump saying to you that&nbsp;is&nbsp;making you do something which is violating the decorum of this committee?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Grassley dismissed Democratic concerns over the vote&rsquo;s handling, saying that in his years on the committee, he&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;a lot of confirmation fights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re witnessing has all the hallmarks of a political hit job timed for maximum media splash with minimum substance,&rdquo; Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p>Bove, who represented Trump during criminal cases pursued by Democratic prosecutors and the Biden administration, has come under fire by Democrats for his role in several high-profile decisions, including the removal of prosecutors who handled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan. 6<\/a>&nbsp;riot cases, the dismissal of corruption charges against&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City Mayor Eric Adams<\/a>, and allegations that he suggested the DOJ defy court orders in immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Over 900 former DOJ attorneys have urged the committee not to confirm Bove, while senior officials, including staff for Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, have dismissed the outcry from advocacy groups for former DOJ officials, such as Justice Connection, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3453717\/trump-judicial-nominee-emil-bove-senate-hearing-denies-whistleblower-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-biden-admin-using-political-hit-squad-on-critics\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard: Biden Admin Using &quot;Political Hit Squad&quot; on Critics\">political hit squad<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justice Connection is a political hit squad masquerading as a support network and they certainly don&rsquo;t speak for DOJ. They speak for a bitter faction angry they no longer call the shots. Their attacks on Emil Bove are dishonest, coordinated, and disgraceful.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Nieves (@BrianNievesDOJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianNievesDOJ\/status\/1945557383112966563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>But under&nbsp;sworn testimony, Bove rejected the accusations. He told senators he was not involved in any effort to broker or dangle pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, denied that the Adams case was dismissed for political reasons, and stated he never instructed subordinates to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ignore lawful court orders<\/a>. Rather, Bove maintained that all decisions were made based on the law and prosecutorial discretion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a> has also dismissed the attacks on Bove as politically motivated attempts to derail a qualified nominee. She has defended his record as &ldquo;principled and fearless,&rdquo; and GOP lawmakers echoed that support during Thursday&rsquo;s session.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to party-line fighting over the nominees on Thursday, Booker raised concerns related to the fallout of the DOJ&rsquo;s release of information related to the late disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, as Trump has endured outrage from his base over his DOJ&rsquo;s seeming reversal on promises to release additional Epstein-related records.<\/p>\n<p>Booker on Wednesday also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/news\/press\/booker-demands-answers-on-emil-boves-involvement-in-doj-withholding-the-epstein-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pressed for any records relating to Bove&rsquo;s alleged &ldquo;participation&rdquo;<\/a> in handling the rollout of Epstein-related materials, &ldquo;given the contradictory statements by Attorney General Bondi concerning the existence of an Epstein &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-accuses-major-trump-supporter-of-being-in-the-epstein-files\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Accuses Major ... Supporter of Being in the Epstein Files\">client list&#038;rsquo<\/a>; and the DOJ&rsquo;s stated commitment to transparency.&rdquo; Similar criticism has been lobbed by the American Values Alliance, a group that involves former Biden White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, which said in a statement that the Senate &ldquo;owes the American people transparency into any involvement Bove has had in the Epstein matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3467900\/doj-torches-disgruntled-leaker-targeting-emil-bove\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOJ TORCHES &lsquo;DISGRUNTLED&rsquo; LEAKER TARGETING TRUMP JUDICIAL NOMINEE EMIL BOVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alongside Bove, the committee approved four Trump-nominated judges to district courts in Florida: Ed Artau for the Southern District and Kyle Dudek, Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, and Jordan E. Pratt for the Middle District.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also considered a slate of&nbsp;U.S. Attorney&nbsp;nominees, including Kurt Alme (Montana), Nicholas W. Chase (North Dakota), Lesley Murphy (Nebraska), Jeanine Pirro (District of Columbia), Daniel Rosen (Minnesota), Erik Siebert (Eastern District of Virginia), and Kurt Wall (Middle District of Louisiana).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2158391\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2158391\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate panel advances 5 Trump judicial picks amid Dem walkout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2463018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24116496373607.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50276,47200,46959,59340,33980],"class_list":["post-2463016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bove","tag-judicial-nominations","tag-senate-judiciary","tag-trump-judicial-picks","tag-u-s-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24116496373607.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463020,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463016\/revisions\/2463020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}