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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Criminal President Trump installs stooges and lackeys throughout legal system with Republican help

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With the confirmation of Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge, Donald Trump took another step in his quest to fill the legal system with loyalists, all with the help of pliant congressional Republicans.

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0:00.0

There's a lot of news coming out of Washington.

0:02.0

As we get an update on the vote, we fully expect the direction it's going, but we'll bring that to you as soon as we learn it.

0:09.0

And this is a nomination, again, as Chris was just talking about, it's it's Trump's former personal attorney, Amy Lovie.

0:15.0

He's being nominated and now about to be confirmed for a lifetime appointment as a judge on the Third Circuit Court

0:22.5

of Appeals, which is a very big deal. That court oversees federal courts in Pennsylvania, New

0:28.0

Jersey, and Delaware. And I'm going to talk all about this with Andrew Weissman in a moment.

0:33.0

I'm also going to talk with one of the leading voices against his nomination, Senator Sheldon

0:37.3

White House, in a moment as well. Before we get there, and I know we just talked about also going to talk with one of the leading voices against this nomination, Senator Sheldon White

0:37.6

House in a moment as well. Before we get there, and I know we just talked about this a little

0:42.3

bit, but it's worth remembering just what makes Bovi such a controversial nominee and

0:48.3

unqualified and unacceptable nominee to begin with. I mean, since the beginning of Trump's second

0:53.9

term, Bovi has been serving as a top-ranking

0:56.7

official at the Justice Department. It's not been that long. He was in that position for just six months.

1:02.0

And in that time on the job, Bovie has basically outdone himself and probably historically, anyone else who has served in this position,

1:11.6

with his sheer willingness to ignore and violate the rule of law.

1:16.1

I mean, first, there was his role in squashing the corruption case

1:18.7

against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

1:20.7

We all remember that.

1:21.9

Under President Biden, the Justice Department,

1:23.8

charged Mayor Adams with bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud.

1:28.3

But after Mayor Adams essentially allied himself with Donald Trump, Bovey reportedly ordered

1:33.3

prosecutors in the Justice Department to drop the case against Adams.

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