Trump Taps His Own Criminal Defense Attorney For Lifetime Federal Judgeship
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Democrats tanked Joe Biden's pick for this U.S. appeals court seat out of cowardice. Now Trump is nominating Emil Bove, his hatchet man at DOJ.
WASHINGTON — In a pathetic act of cowardice last year, a handful of Democrats tanked one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, Adeel Mangi.
Mangi, who was a veteran civil litigator in New Jersey, was an objectively impressive and qualified pick. He also happened to be Muslim, so Republicans subjected him to a disgusting monthslong smear campaign aimed at baselessly casting him as an antisemitic terrorist sympathizer.
Despite his horrific treatment, Mangi hung in there, racking up endorsements from major Jewish organizations, and could have been confirmed if Democrats stuck together. But wary of their own reelection bids, a handful of senators chickened out and said they’d vote no. Then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sealed his fate by cutting a deal with Republicans to expedite votes on a batch of judicial nominees — but not Mangi.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday whom he plans to nominate to this seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit: his personal criminal defense attorney, Emil Bove, who is currently known as Trump’s hatchet man at the Justice Department.
“Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone,” Trump said on social media. “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!”
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