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Senators expected to vote this week on controversial federal judge nominee Emil Bove

President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom next to his lawyer Emil Bove, left, before the start of the day's proceedings in the Manhattan Criminal court, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in New York. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times via AP)
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President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom next to his lawyer Emil Bove, left, before the start of the day's proceedings in the Manhattan Criminal court, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in New York. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times via AP)

Here & Now‘s Asma Khalid speaks with Washington Post reporter Perry Stein about the fight to confirm President Trump’s former personal defense attorney, Emil Bove, now a senior Justice Department official, to an appeals court in Philadelphia. Bove’s opponents are pointing to new whistleblower accusations against him.

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