President Donald Trump nominated Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Emil Bove to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a Truth Social post Wednesday.

The White House is actively looking to fill the open Delaware seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate his former personal attorney Emil Bove to a second seat on the court.

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday his nomination of Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department appointee and former attorney on Trump’s criminal defense team, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

Trump tapped former defense attorney Emil Bove for a powerful federal judgesh, sparking backlash from state senators.

President Donald Trump has nominated Emil Bove, a top official in the U.S. Justice Department and one of Trump’s own former personal lawyers, to a seat on

President Donald Trump announced he will nominate Emil Bove, his former personal lawyer-turned-controversial top Department of Justice official, to se

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that he was nominating Emil Bove, a lawyer who previously defended Trump in a criminal case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decisive ruling in a case involving allegations that certain