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Trump judge unsettles colleagues with provocative phone background photo
A Trump Loyalist in a RobeThe Problem Is Not the PhoneThe reported phone background is the tell, not the crime. Emil Bove moved from Trump’s personal lawyer to a top DOJ post to a lifetime federal judgeship in September, and now the Third Circuit is dealing with the obvious consequence: a judge whose public record signals allegiance to the man who appointed him. The photo of Trump after the Butler shooting is just the most visible symbol of a deeper fact. This is not neutral judging with a partisan relic on the side. It is the open display of political identity inside a branch that is…
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