Emil Bove was confirmed to a U.S. appeals court on a party-line vote. Bove led a purge of prosecutors who worked on cases stemming from the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

The Senate voted along party lines last night to confirm senior Justice Department official Emil Bove to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bove, a former personal defense attorney for President Donald Trump, faced several whistleblower allegations about his conduct at the department, which he denied.

Emil Bove was one of President Trump's defense lawyers before joining the Justice Department earlier this year.