DOJ Lawyer Emil Bove Refuses To Rule Out 3rd Trump Term: Report
Bove, currently associate deputy U.S. attorney general, is under consideration for a lifetime judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance the nomination to the full chamber for approval. To aid the committee members in their decision, Bove recently provided his responses to written questions from the group totaling some 165 pages, per CBS News.
Trump's former attorney was asked at several points for his stance on whether it would be permissible for Trump to run for a third term, even though the 22nd Amendment explicitly prohibits third-term presidents.
'As a nominee to the Third Circuit, it would not be appropriate for me to address how this Amendment would apply in an abstract hypothetical scenario,' Bove responded, according to CBS News.
'To the extent this question seeks to elicit an answer that could be taken as opining on the broader political or policy debate regarding term limits, or on statements by any political figure, my response, consistent with the positions of prior judicial nominees, is that it would be improper to offer any such comment as a judicial nominee,' he said.
The 22nd Amendment reads: 'No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.'
Bove has been under scrutiny in recent weeks ever since a Justice Department whistleblower said he has been leading an effort to mislead federal judges and undermine their direct orders.
The whistleblower, former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni, alleged that Bove told lawyers like himself to say 'fuck you' to federal judges who ruled against the Trump administration. Reuveni was fired in April after admitting in court that the administration deported Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia in error.
Bove formerly served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York until late 2021. Last summer, he was part of a team that represented Trump in a personal capacity as he was tried and ultimately found guilty on 34 New York state felony counts.
In his responses to the senators, Bove reportedly did not recall which cases relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted insurrection he had worked on as a prosecutor for the Southern District of New York.
Asked whether he wished to denounce the violent events of Jan. 6, Bove reportedly declined, saying the incident 'is a matter of significant political debate.'
HuffPost reached out to the Justice Department for comment from Bove.
New Docs Back Up Claim Trump's DOJ Told Lawyers To Say 'F**k You' To Judges
Trump Court Pick For Lifetime Seat Refuses To Say If Biden Won 2020 Election
Whistleblower Alleges Trump's DOJ Told Lawyers To Say 'F**k You' To Judges
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Times
28 minutes ago
- New York Times
After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney's Time May Be Running Out
Lawyers for Eliyahu Weinstein were faced with a difficult situation. After their client's 24-year sentence for investment fraud was commuted by President Trump in his first term, Mr. Weinstein was charged again with a similar crime by federal prosecutors in New Jersey and convicted at trial in late March. But his lawyers had a plan. They reached out to the state's newly installed U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, hoping to persuade her to push for an unusually light penalty, even though their client was a repeat felon. Ms. Habba granted them a rare private meeting to discuss the sentencing, which is scheduled for September, and she did not invite the prosecutors who had handled Mr. Weinstein's case, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The episode left members of her staff infuriated. A brash media personality and former personal lawyer to Mr. Trump, Ms. Habba is among the most high-profile of the new U.S. attorneys appointed by a president who has taken closer control of the Justice Department than any other in the past half century. She has made frequent media appearances and drawn attention for a series of notable investigations into Democratic political figures. Her tenure has also shattered morale inside the U.S. attorney's office and left many prosecutors looking for a way out, according to 16 close observers of the office who were interviewed for this article and spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Ms. Habba boasted, upon taking office, of her direct line to the White House, according to people with knowledge of her remarks, even as she has insisted that she is 'not political.' Prosecutors have chafed at her availability to defense lawyers. She disbanded the office's Civil Rights Division and killed the office's longest-running prosecution just days before it was scheduled to go to trial. Three framed pictures of herself now hang in a conference room named for a legendary New Jersey crime fighter, Frederick B. Lacey. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Fox News
28 minutes ago
- Fox News
The Fusion Of Marxism And Islamism
'Life, Liberty & Levin' explores the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events, and their relevance to the nation's future and everyday lives of citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
New York Times
28 minutes ago
- New York Times
Mamdani Won Over N.Y.C. Democratic Voters. Can He Charm Washington?
The head of the local Democratic Party in Queens, where Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani got his political start, has never met him. The party's longtime state chairman had not spoken to him until the day after a stunning primary night that stamped him as a rising Democratic star. And among the party's strategists, officials and elected leaders in Washington, he's almost entirely unknown. Now, as the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, Mr. Mamdani, 33, is on a crash course to change that. He is unleashing a full-scale charm offensive of private meetings, phone calls and public promises aimed at wooing top party leaders, donors and activists. On Monday, he met with Jewish elected officials in New York City. The next day, he took pointed questions about his views on Israel and tax policy from a group of 150 business leaders in the city. A day later, he headed to Capitol Hill to offer campaign advice to dozens of Democratic members of Congress at a breakfast hosted by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York before returning to Manhattan for a private meeting with younger technology executives. And on Friday, he met with Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader and a fellow New Yorker who has yet to endorse his bid. Already, some establishment Democrats have been grappling with Mr. Mamdani's sudden standing as their party's standard-bearer in America's most populous city. And they want to quickly get the measure of a man who has spent much of his political life far outside of their big tent. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
