Booker Statement on Senate Judiciary Republicans Attempt to Push Emil Bove Through Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:

“Today, in their desperate attempt to push through a scandal-ridden nominee, my Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee tried to silence Democrats raising legitimate concerns about Emil Bove.

“By doing so, the Republican party has surrendered the Senate’s constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees, in order to blindly execute Donald Trump’s agenda and place an undeserving Trump loyalist on the federal bench.

“As hard as they try, my Republican colleagues can’t ignore the truth: Emil Bove is alarmingly unfit to serve a lifetime appointment to one of the highest courts in our country. They are too afraid to thoroughly examine his record and debate the merits of his nomination. This is a profound disappointment.”