N.J. Sen. Cory Booker, Senate Dems protest committee vote on controversial Trump nominee

Senate Democrats walked out of a Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday after Republicans cut off debate and pushed through Emil Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit without first hearing whistleblower testimony accusing the nominee of having suggested that the Justice Department could defy court orders in immigration deportation cases. New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker denounced the move and accussed committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) of failing to follow Senate rules. "This is outrageous that you're not allowing senators to have their fair say before a controversial nominee is being done," said Booker. "What are you afraid of about even debating this, putting things on the record, hearing from every senator?"