Senate Confirms Pivotal Trump Judicial Nominee
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on July 29, 2025
By Cullen McCue
Emil Bove, the Trump-appointed nominee to become the next judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, was officially confirmed by the U.S. Senate Tuesday despite furious efforts to block his nomination from the upper chamber’s Democrats.
Bove was confirmed by a narrow vote of 50-49 largely along partisan lines, with no support from Democrats. His confirmation for the lifetime role follows a weeks-long, and oftentimes contentious vetting process that included three whistleblower complaints and vehement opposition from Democrat lawmakers and their base.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said that he supported Bove’s nomination and believed the nominee had been the target of “unfair accusations and abuse” just before the final floor vote.
“He has a strong legal background and has served his country honorably. I believe he will be a diligent, capable, and fair jurist,” Grassley said.
Bove previously worked as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, where he led high-profile terrorism and drug trafficking cases through 2019. He later worked with current Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at his private practice, where the two worked on President Trump’s legal team as he battled a number of politically-motivated prosecutions between 2023 and 2024.
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