U.S. Senate confirms Emil Bove as an Appeals Court judge
WASHINGTON (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Former Trump lawyer Emil Bove was just granted a lifetime appointment as an Appeals Court judge.
The Republican-led senate voted 50-49 on Tuesday to confirm Bove as a judge on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
It comes despite allegations from three whistleblowers about his conduct as an official at the Justice Department.
Just two Republicans voted with Democrats against the nomination: Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans after the vote saying, "This is a dark, dark day."
"I want to be very clear about what Senate Republicans are doing. Tonight, Senate Republicans vote to put Emil Bove, a January 6 sympathizer, on one of the highest courts in the country, they reward a man credibly accused of wanting to lie to judges wear--with a black robe and a gavel of his own, and they're confirming him for one reason only Mr. Bove is loyal to Donald Trump, therefore Donald Trump wants him on the bench. The calculus is simple as that, simple as that. It's unfathomable that just over four years after the insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices, desecrated this chamber, Senate Republicans are willing to--are willingly putting someone on the bench who shielded these rioters from facing justice, who said their prosecution was a grave national injustice. To my colleagues who were here on January 6 and who are now putting him on the bench, shame on you.
Honestly, how have Republicans allowed the bar to fall so low, so dismally low, that they confirm someone accused of lying to judges to the bench without turning over every stone and examining every lead before making this decision? How have our Republican colleagues forgotten the horror of January 6 so soon that they let Mr. Bove, one of the great defenders of the insurrectionists, to sail through this chamber. Madam President, this is a dark, dark day, a dark vote and a dangerous nominee Republicans are confirming."
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader
