The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot worked on Jan. 6 cases himself.

Summary

Emil Bove, Trump’s acting deputy attorney general, once led efforts to investigate Jan. 6 rioters in New York but now oversees Trump’s push to expose and punish those involved in the prosecutions.

Former colleagues say Bove prioritized Jan. 6 cases and never questioned their legitimacy, yet he now demands FBI lists of investigators and calls prosecutions a “grave national injustice.”

Critics accuse Bove of rewriting history, damaging DOJ credibility, and threatening the careers of law enforcement officials who followed legal procedures.