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Ever since Emil Bove came back into government following Donald Trump’s return to office, he’s found himself mired in controversy. As the deputy attorney general at the start of Trump’s term, Bove was accused of corruptly dismissing a high-profile criminal indictment over the objections of line prosecutors and a U.S. attorney. Around that time, he also allegedly told members of the Justice Department that they should tell the courts “ fuck you ” in the face of any attempts to stop the president’s unlawful deportations to third-party countries without due process. On Tuesday night, Bove, now a Trump-appointed judge on the 3 rd Circuit Court of Appeals, committ

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