Emil Bove
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Emil Joseph Bove III (; AY-mill BOH-vee; born 1981) is an American attorney who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Bove served as the principal associate deputy attorney general from January to September 2025. He served as the acting U.S. deputy attorney general from January to March 2025. Bove studied public policy and economics at the University at Albany, SUNY and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008. He clerked for judges Richard J. Sullivan and Richard C. Wesley and became an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell before returning to federal employment as assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York in 2012. Bove was appointed co-chief of the office's terrorism and international narcotics unit in October 2019. He resigned in December 2021 and later joined Donald Trump's legal team in September 2023. On November 14, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Bove to serve as principal associate deputy attorney general. He was appointed acting deputy attorney general when Trump took office in January 2025 and served in the position until Todd Blanche was confirmed in March. Bove has been involved in several controversies at the Department of Justice, including the dismissal of a criminal corruption case against New York City mayor Eric Adams and multiple whistleblower allegations that he suggested ignoring a federal court order to lawyers in a case involving the deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador. On May 25, 2025, President Trump announced his nomination of Bove to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Bove's nomination to the U.S. Third Circuit. Bove was sworn in on September 2, 2025.