Booker: “Either Bove and the Justice Department are Lying about the Epstein Situation…Or They Are Showing A Dangerous Lack of Transparency”
As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers advancing Emil Bove–who’s been called “Trump’s worst nomination yet”– to be a Third Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Judiciary Committee member U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been calling out Bove for his unethical behavior, professional scandals, and failure to meet the ethical standards essential for a lifetime judicial appointment.
On MSNBC’s Deadline with Nicolle Wallace, Senator Booker spoke about a letter he sent to Bove requesting information about his potential involvement in Trump’s Epstein cover up.
Senator Booker: “Either Bove and the Justice Department are lying about the Epstein situation…or they are showing a dangerous lack of transparency.”
See more about Senator Booker’s work to hold Bove accountable:
- The Hill: Booker seeks Epstein info from Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove
- The New York Times: Bove Denies Suggesting Justice Dept. Ignore Court Orders
- NJ.com: Booker slams Trump judicial nominee: ‘Complete disregard for the rule of law’
Booker: “I wrote a letter directly to Emil Bove today about his role in withholding the Epstein files from the American people. This is a portion of the letter…
“Mr. Bove on behalf of myself and the American people I represent, we deserve answers, especially before you’re put on one of the highest courts in the land.”
THE FACTS ABOUT EMIL BOVE:
- 75 former state and federal judges, leaders within the conservative legal establishment, and hundreds of former DOJ attorneys have warned about the dangers of his nomination.
- A corroborated allegation from a whistleblower revealed that Bove directed attorneys to defy a court order.
- Federal criminal defense lawyers described Bove as a “drunk driver” as a prosecutor.
- Bove was involved in the Justice Department’s withholding of the Epstein files.
- An editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer stated that Bove is “one person who has no business working in the federal government, let alone receiving a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.”
- Columnists in the Times Union and The New York Times have warned Bove is “dangerous” and a “loyalist,” respectively.
- New Jersey’s Tom Moran stated, Bove is “Trump’s worst nomination yet.”
- Meanwhile The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board wrote, Bove’s reputation “is as a smashmouth partisan who wields the law as a weapon.”
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