Disgruntled DOJ Lifers Set Sights on Trump Nominee Emil Bove | RealClearPolitics

The knives are out for Emil Bove, the principal assistant deputy attorney general and President Donald Trump’s nominee for an opening on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals; - Julie Kelly

Opposition to Bove’s nomination is not based on his resume – he graduated at the top of his class from Georgetown Law and spent 10 years as a top prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s office in the southern district of New York among other accomplishments – but because he represented the president in two criminal matters: 

• Special Counsel Jack Smith’s so-called documents case in Florida and 
• Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s business records case in New York.

But Bove really rankled the old guard at the Department of Justice – and establishment DOJ’s defenders in the Democratic Party and national news media – by aggressively addressing corruption at the department...