Emil Bove told a Senate committee yesterday that he was no one’s henchman. His record at the DOJ, however, suggests otherwise; he will support the rule of Trump, not the rule of law, on the bench. Even so, the GOP members of the committee defended him vigorously.
Bove is to the judiciary what Matt Gaetz was to the DOJ–the most offensive nominee that anyone could possibly imagine. Trump is attempting to see how far he can push the envelope here. Are there any red lines at all with his judicial nominees? Will Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, and Tillis acquiesce? My guess is that some of them will, and Bove will wind up on the Supreme Court before Trump leaves office.