Dem Senators Walk Out On Sham Hearing For Emil Bove

Emil Bove is the worst judicial nomination since Robert Bork. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee broke their own rules to advance Bove.

Democrats on the committee did the only thing they had the power to do: they walked out.

“This is the world’s most deliberative body, and we can’t even debate a controversial judge, a judge that has been accused by a whistleblower of lying to the United States Senate, to lying to this committee,” Senator Cory Booker said. He continued: the country is “tilting towards authoritarianism with the complicity of Senate Republicans,” and that “the checks and balances that are clearly spelled out by the founders of our democracy are now being undermined.”

Democrats were also outraged that committee chairman Chuck Grassley violated committee and parliamentary rules to rush the vote.

"This is out of order," Booker said. "This is absolutely insane. What is the rush? Here's a guy that was given the worst ever condemnation from a judge in the SDNY for withholding exculpatory evidence as a prosecutor. With more times, the things that Mr. Bovee has done at the DOJ and throughout his career would come to light, not by elected officials, but by legitimate people whose voices should be heard. Why are we refusing to hear them? Why are we silencing those people?"

Below are excerpts from the transcript of the video above:

NBC Reporter Julie Cirkin: All the nominees were reported out, including Bovey, according to Grassley's office.

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