"Bove remarked that he was "just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak.""
"Judge Emil Bove is at President Trump's Pennsylvania event tonight-an unusual move for a federal judge. When asked by MS NOW off camera why he is here, he responded: "Just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak." pic.twitter.com/xmLDt0pBRR- Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) December 9, 2025"
"Canon 5 of the United States Code of Conduct for federal judges states that members of the judiciary "should refrain from political activity.""
Judge Emil Bove, a conservative judge on the U.S. Third Circuit nominated by Donald Trump and confirmed 50-49, attended a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. He previously worked as a criminal defense attorney for Trump and served briefly at the Department of Justice. Bove told an MS NOW reporter he was "just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak." A nonprofit watchdog filed an ethics complaint over his attendance. Canon 5 of the United States Code of Conduct for federal judges states that members of the judiciary "should refrain from political activity," and attendance at partisan rallies is highly unorthodox.
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