'He's Made A Career Of Handling Trump's Dirty Laundry': Chuck Schumer Tears Into Emil Bove

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke about Emil Bove, President Trump's nominee to be a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

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00:00Okay, thank you for being here everybody, and thanks to Senators Durbin and Booker.

00:07We said Senator Klobuchar would come, but we had a very constructive meeting in our

00:12caucus and it lasted a good amount of time, I'm glad it did.

00:18But anyway, she couldn't make it.

00:20So today, Senate Republicans are moving forward with one of Trump's worst judicial nominees

00:26to date, and that's saying a lot.

00:29It's Emil Bovey.

00:31Bovey is not just religiously obedient to Trump, but he's proven to be hostile to the rule

00:37of law.

00:39Republicans, meanwhile, are nowhere to be found with a whisper of scrutiny.

00:45So much, they're so afraid of how bad this guy is, that Senator Durbin will talk about

00:51it and Senator Booker will talk about it, that Senator Grassley, the judiciary chair, cut

00:57off Cory Booker from even speaking at his hearing.

01:00And a number of people didn't get to ask questions, is that right?

01:03Yes.

01:04They're afraid of the questions.

01:06Bovey's claim to fame is as Trump's personal attorney.

01:12He's made a career of handling Trump's dirty laundry and is hit man at the DOJ.

01:18The only reason this guy is being appointed to this position is he handles Trump's dirty

01:23laundry.

01:24At the DOJ, Bovey weaponized the department to carry out political retributions against

01:33people Trump considered his enemies.

01:35He punished FBI agents investigating the January 6th insurrection and fired prosecutors working

01:42on criminal charges for the January 6th rioters against trying to free up these rioters.

01:49It's appalling.

01:51He reportedly told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders and even deliberately mislead judges.

01:57That's right.

01:58Bovey, a man seeking to be a circuit court judge, reportedly told DOJ lawyers to mislead judges.

02:07In the long history of our republic, things like this haven't happened.

02:12It's incredible.

02:14And what is the Republican response?

02:17When in the past Republicans wouldn't have even let this guy come forward in the Reagan

02:21days and Bush days?

02:23Just rush him through the process.

02:25Trump wants him.

02:26He's Trump's lapdog.

02:28Yes, sir.

02:29We'll vote for him, they say.

02:31It's no wonder over 75 bipartisan former state and federal judges

02:36joined together to oppose Bovey's nomination.

02:40He's the extreme of the extreme.

02:42He's not a jurist.

02:44He's a Trumpian henchman.

02:46That seems to be the qualification for appointees these days.

02:50It's clear Bovey holds deep hostility against the very bench he's being considered for.

02:56Senate Dems will strongly oppose his nomination.

02:59Also this afternoon, as Senate Republicans spend time jamming through Trump's henchmen and House Republicans

03:07seek to get out of town to stop the bleeding in their caucus by the Epstein file's hypocrisy and cover-up,

03:14I will be meeting with Leader Jeffries and immediately following that meeting,

03:18we'll be meeting with Senators Murray and DeLauro and other Senate and House Democrats.

03:22Hakeem and I will be meeting to discuss the appropriations process in both the House and the Senate in the weeks ahead.

03:29With so much hard work ahead and a government funding deadline only less than 25 legislative days away,

03:37Republicans should be focused on working with us to deliver for American families.

03:43Instead, both Republican caucuses are simply focused on doing Trump's dirty work,

03:50rushing through one of his henchmen to be a circuit court judge,

03:54and rushing to get out of town to avoid taking questions on Epstein,

03:59when both Republicans in the House and Senate should be working with us on appropriations.

04:05But they're running home or focusing on putting one of the worst judges that we've ever had nominated.

04:11It's time for Republicans to get their act together.

'He's Made A Career Of Handling Trump's Dirty Laundry': Chuck Schumer Tears Into Emil Bove

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