President Donald Trump’s nominee, Emil Bove, for a federal court judgeship, which is a lifetime appointment, is accused of being 'completely reckless and out of control' as principal associate deputy attorney general, according to a NPR report.
Bove, a graduate from Georgetown University Law Center, has handled a slew of high profile cases while federal prosecutor, including one against Florida man, Cesar Sayoc.
Sayoc allegedly sent bombs to Democratic politicians whom he considered Trump's enemies in 2018. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
However, it’s his more recent actions which has Democratic members of the Senate concerned
NPR reports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) “abandoned a conviction it won in a sanctions case after a judge found severe prosecutorial misconduct, including failures by Bove and others to properly supervise the trial team, which did not turn over material that would have been helpful to the defendant.”
The outlet also reports the head of New York's federal public defenders has complained to SDNY officials. In a letter to lawmakers, Bove is accused of being “a prosecutor version of a drunk driver — completely reckless and out of control.”
NPR says the federal public defender's head called the reports "pretty horrifying."
Another whistleblower complaint claimed Bove “stressed to all in attendance that the planes need to take off no matter what," in reference to potentially defying an order from a federal judge.
NPR later said Bove told “the group [they] may need to consider telling judges ‘f--- you’ and ignore possible court orders blocking immigrants from being removed from the U.S.”
Senate Democrats are investigating the reports of Bove’s behavior.
"Mr. Bove's record of alleged abuse of power, ethical lapses, dishonesty, and unstable, abusive behavior during his tenure as a federal prosecutor warrants a thorough review of his employment history at SDNY by members of the Judiciary Committee," wrote Senators Cory Booker (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Alex Padilla (D-CA).
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan declined NPR’s request for comment.