Emil Bove may not be a household name in the United States, but he was a familiar face for anyone who followed President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York City last year. Bove served as co-counsel on Trump’s defense and was a regular fixture by the president’s side during the trial.

Judge Dale Ho, a Biden appointee, noted in the New York mayor’s case that the government’s prosecutorial discretion is broad but also that the judiciary has an independent role to play.