The US Senate has voted to confirm President Donald Trump's former defence lawyer, Emil Bove, to a lifetime appointment as a judge on a federal appeals court.
Democrats all opposed the move, with two Republicans joining them to vote against Bove by a vote of 50-49 on Tuesday evening.
Bove is considered Trump's most contentious judicial pick to date, having defended him in three of the four criminal trials he faced after finishing his first term in office in 2020.
During his confirmation hearings, Bove, 44, denied he was Trump's "henchman". He has also denied whistleblowers' claims that he had told staff to flout the law and misled senators.
Bove will serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, which oversees cases from Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
