The U.S. Senate has confirmed Emil Bove III, a staunch Trump loyalist, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The confirmation, which passed with narrow Republican support, came despite ongoing concerns about Bove’s past conduct during his tenure as a senior Justice Department official. Bove was instrumental in the Trump administration’s efforts to reclaim control of the Justice Department, an agency the administration accused of being ‘weapon,