Published May 30, 2025
An inane concerted attack on me last week by senior Department of Justice officials foreshadowed Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that he will nominate Emil Bove to a seat on the Third Circuit. Bove has served in the Department of Justice since Inauguration Day, first as acting Deputy Attorney General, then as a top aide to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Along with Blanche, Bove previously represented Trump in various of the criminal prosecutions brought against him. He also worked for nine years as a federal prosecutor.
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Edward Whelan is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and holds EPPC’s Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. He is the longest-serving President in EPPC’s history, having held that position from March 2004 through January 2021.
