Republicans have ignored whistleblower after whistleblower who bravely came forward to corroborate evidence of Bove’s misconduct.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Rhode Island
Sheldon Whitehouse
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Yes32%
No64%
Present0%
Not Voting4%
Party align95%
Cross-party4%
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Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. SenatorDemocratRhode Island
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Even as the lawless Emil Bove appears to have misled the Committee about multiple, credible, backstopped allegations of misconduct, this body has sunk to simply being a partisan rubber stamp for President Trump.
Emil Bove's sham, hide-the-ball confirmation process was a new low for subservient Senate Republicans.
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ICYMI, here’s the letter I sent with @durbin.senate.gov. Still no answers. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
When there is no procedural thing that this bizarre meeting comports with, it suggests that this was not actual law enforcement; that Blanche had the plane, the title and the office of his official position, but was actually running Trump’s personal political errand.
The only other person they’ve disclosed was in the room was a political sidekick of Blanche’s from within the Deputy Attorney General’s office (ODAG). That is exceedingly rare, if not unprecedented, for Department of Justice business.
It’s extremely rare to meet on a law enforcement matter with a subject and her attorney but have no record kept of what went on. Meetings like that tend to be pretty formal, with the case agent present to write up a 302 or a stenographer taking a transcript.
They haven’t even said if note-takers, stenographer or recordings memorialized what was said. If there’s no record, then Blanche and his sidekick just made themselves key witnesses to what went on. Usually prosecutors try to avoid that.
If it was a pardon conversation, you might want pardon office; if investigative, FBI or other federal agent; if about her conditions of confinement, Bureau of Prisons; almost anything, local US Attorney. This fits in no regular procedure.
DOJ runs on procedure, and it’s not clear what procedures were followed because it’s not clear what this was. If it was a personal political errand for his erstwhile criminal client Donald Trump, that would explain no procedures.
The Deputy Attorney General (DAG) runs the Department of Justice; all its elements report through him to MAGA Bondi. He has plenty to do other than conducting witness interviews for two days down in Florida (where they have US Attorneys).
Senator Durbin and I had some questions about the very unusual Blanche/Maxwell meeting. Here are some of the multiple weirdnesses: 🧵
The Republican motto when it comes to Emil Bove: see no evil, hear no evil.
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Children are starving. Civilian deaths continue to mount. Hostages are still held.
Today I led 43 of my Senate colleagues in demanding the State Department work urgently to end the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
This cannot continue.
This is what happens when 14 zettajoules of excess heat go into oceans every year. Here’s what that number looks like:
14,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
That’s what fossil fuel does to oceans.
The lawless nature of this man will continue to reveal itself on the court, mark my words. It’s like Capone putting Frank Nitti on the bench. Character will out.
Information will continue to come out about his two other significant episodes of prosecutorial misconduct during his brief rotten stint at DOJ (three episodes of serious misconduct in six months sets an all-time DOJ misconduct record).
We may even find out that this guy has fingerprints on the “administrative stay” that stalled the contempt hearing, so his confirmation could proceed before those facts came out. If that was the purpose of the “stay,” the stink is profound.
The stalled contempt hearing about his illegal deportation fiasco will bring out testimony that Senate Republicans let him dodge, which will illuminate that sorry saga with real testimony under oath.
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Voting History
830 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (49-47) |
| 2025-07-23 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-47) |
| 2025-07-23 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Begin consideration | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (90-8) |
| 2025-07-23 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-47) |
| 2025-07-23 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-41) |
| 2025-07-22 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (61-35) |
| 2025-07-22 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | YES | YES | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (91-7, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (50-48) |
| 2025-07-22 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-47) |
| 2025-07-22 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-07-22 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-47) |
| 2025-07-21 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (44-43) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (46-36) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-34) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-31) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-40) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-43) |
| 2025-07-17 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Bill Passed (51-48) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-51) |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (51-47) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (47-50) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Recommit Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-07-16 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-07-15 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
| 2025-07-15 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Motion to Discharge H.R. 4 | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Discharge Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
| 2025-07-15 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-47) |
| 2025-07-15 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-46) |
| 2025-07-15 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-46) |
| 2025-07-15 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-07-15 | — | Confirm nominee | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Nomination Confirmed (69-30) |
| 2025-07-14 | — | End debate | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-28) |
| 2025-07-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (46-42) |
| 2025-07-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-45) |
| 2025-07-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-43) |
| 2025-07-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.