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New York Times
28-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
Trump Says He'll Nominate Bove to Federal Appeals Court
President Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Emil Bove III, the polarizing and widely feared top Justice Department official responsible for strong-arm tactics in enacting Mr. Trump's immigration agenda, to be a federal appeals judge. Mr. Bove, 44, a former criminal defense lawyer for Mr. Trump, would fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The lifetime appointment requires conformation in the Senate, where he is expected to face the unanimous opposition of Democrats. 'Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone,' Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform. 'He will end the Weaponization of Justice, restore the Rule of Law, and do anything else that is necessary to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Emil Bove will never let you down!' Mr. Bove, a graduate of Georgetown's law school who prosecuted high-profile national security cases during nearly a decade in the Manhattan federal prosecutor's office, has told friends that his longtime goal had been to serve as a federal judge, according to people in his orbit. But should he be confirmed, he would exit one of the most powerful federal law enforcement jobs in the country after only a few months on the job — a period where he has ordered the purge of career officials and emerged as a stoic and unyielding enforcer of the president's agenda.
New York Times
14-02-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Tensions Over F.B.I.'s Work on Hamas Case Spill Into the Open
When the Justice Department demanded all the names of F.B.I. personnel who had worked on investigations into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, it made a similar request about a high-profile terrorism case involving Hamas. But why the department's acting deputy leader, Emil Bove III, sought the information remained unclear, leaving agents and prosecutors to wonder what spurred his interest in a case that had led to criminal charges against Hamas's leadership last year. Its inclusion touched on a simmering dispute that has pitted the Federal Bureau of Investigation's office in Washington against prosecutors at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan and the main Justice Department, people familiar with the investigation say, escalating what appeared to be bureaucratic infighting into an ugly public spat. It has intensified scrutiny on the F.B.I. as the Justice Department has made clear its intent to shake up the bureau. 'The Justice Department is looking into why F.B.I. agents at the Washington field office were resisting efforts to progress the Hamas investigation,' a Justice Department official said in an unusual public statement. 'Federal prosecutors had to elevate their concerns to a supervisory level to get them to take the requested investigative steps.' The F.B.I. declined to comment. After Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Justice Department sought to investigate Hamas, a designated terrorist group, prompted in part by the sheer number of Americans who had been killed or kidnapped in the assault. Forty-seven Americans were slain while eight more were taken hostage in Gaza. Tensions flared from the start, including over which office would take the lead. The F.B.I.'s field office in Washington and prosecutors in the capital typically have jurisdiction over cases involving the Middle East and made clear they would pursue charges. But prosecutors at the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York quickly came up with their own charges against Hamas leaders based only on their public statements, three former senior law enforcement officials said, catching the F.B.I. off guard. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
