Ex-Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, is picked to be federal judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove, who as a high-ranking Justice Department official was behind the controversial move to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to become a federal appeals court judge.
As acting deputy attorney general, Bove has been at the center of some of the department’s most scrutinized actions since Trump’s return to the White House in January.
Bove ordered the dismissal of charges against the Democratic leader of America’s biggest city, accused FBI officials of “insubordination ” for refusing to hand over the names of agents who investigated the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and ordered the firings of a group of Прокурорите, участващи в наказателните каузи на 6 януари.
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