NYTIMES (Mattathias Schwartz) - Emil Bove Defended Trump in Court. Then Trump Made Him a Judge.
President Trump is appointing his former personal lawyers to judgeships, part of a larger effort to put his stamp on the federal courts.
NYTIMES (Jonah E. Bromwich and Nicholas Nehamas) - Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case
A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.
NYTIMES (Jonah E. Bromwich) - Mahmoud Khalil Asks Emil Bove to Recuse Himself From Immigration Case
Mr. Khalil, who is fighting his deportation, and Judge Bove were on opposite sides of President Trump’s crackdown on campus protesters when the judge was a Justice Department official.