It's the Brian Lerrishow on WNYC.

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Good morning, everyone.

Do you know the name Emil Bovi?

Among other things, he's the Trump Justice Department official

who instructed federal prosecutors in Manhattan

to drop the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.

You may know the name from that.

Several prosecutors resigned over the order,

which seemed to them to be corrupt in itself,

a deal in exchange for cooperation with mass deportation.

Bovi was also a defense lawyer for Donald Trump in a criminal case against him before Trump

was re-elected last year. The re-election, of course, made the case go away. Well, now, and this may

not surprise you, Emil Bovay has been nominated by the president for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

And yesterday, Republican senators advanced the controversial nomination over the staunch opposition, as you might imagine, of democratic lawmakers and a number of former U.S. attorneys.

And that's just one of a slew of legal stories coming out of Washington this week that

seem to be consolidating more and more power in the hands of President Trump.

Another one just breaking is Trump saying that he's going to sue the Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch,

for publishing what is purported to be a racy birthday greeting once upon a time to Jeffrey Epstein.

Joining us now to break down the Amel Bovi nomination and more is Ellie Hon honig senior legal analyst at cnn n new york

magazine columnist former state and federal prosecutor and author of untouchable how powerful people

get away with it always good to have you ellie welcome back to w nyc thanks for having me brian boy

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