Democrats walked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee before Republicans voted to advance Pres. Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove — the controversial top Justice Department official who formerly served as Trump’s defense attorney — to a seat on the powerful Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Sen. Cory Booker called on the committee’s Chair Chuck Grassley to allow further debate on Bove’s nomination, but Grassley declined.
“Sir, this lacks decency, it lacks decorum, it shows that you do not simply want to hear from your colleagues. This is absolutely wrong,” Booker said.
The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Bove means he will next face a vote in the full Senate.
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