Emil Bove

[6] Bove worked as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell before becoming an assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he served as the co-chief of the national security and international narcotics unit.[7][8] While there, he led the unit's prosecutions of Nicolás Maduro, Cesar Sayoc,[9] Tony Hernández,[10] and Fabio Lobo.[15] After winning the 2024 United States presidential election, Trump announced that he would nominate Bove to serve as principal associate deputy attorney general.[18][19][20] Former prosecutors Joyce Vance and Andrew Weissmann have raised concerns that firing career agents because of their political disloyalty or involvement in January 6 investigations would be illegal.[21] In addition, the agent in charge of the FBI's New York field office circulated an email to staff praising Driscoll and acting deputy director Robert Kissane for "fighting" for the Bureau's employees and said: "[W]e find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I.
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