Donald Trump is “disappointed” with Vladimir Putin
President Donald Trump told reporters that he was “disappointed” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, referring to the latest attacks on Ukraine.
President Donald Trump has appointed Emil Bove, one of his former criminal defense lawyers, to serve as a judge for the federal court of appeals.
“Emile is smart, tough and everyone respects,” Trump wrote in a post about True Society. “He will end the weaponization of justice, restore the rule of law, do other things that are necessary, and make America great again.”
Bove is currently the Associate Deputy Attorney General, a position appointed by Trump. With Bove being the third official, the Justice Department is taking controversial steps to implement Trump’s priorities on agencies, including purge staff.
Bove issued a memo instructing prosecutors to investigate state or local officials that would prevent President Donald Trump from cracking down on immigration. He also ordered prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to stop accusing bribery against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Rather than carrying out the order, American lawyer Daniel Sussone resigned, and other DOJ officials also left.
Trump has appointed at least four former lawyers to high-level government positions, including Attorney General Pam Bondy and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and was a former New York prosecutor.
If confirmed in a Philadelphia-based Third Circuit post, he will be in a lifetime tenure.
Bove represented Trump in his federal criminal trial, where Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of forgerying business records in order to hide his quiet money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Trump’s move to set up close allies on the federal bench as he and his allies issued rulings that blocked some of his unprecedented offensive powers and attacked federal judges.
