A top Department of Justice official has refused to rule out supporting a third presidential term for President Donald Trump.
Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told senators this week it would be “inappropriate” for him to weigh in on the legality of a third presidential term, despite the 22nd Amendment explicitly barring it.
“It would not be appropriate for me to address how this amendment would apply in an abstract hypothetical scenario,” he responded in a questionnaire sent by U.S. senators, according to CBS News and Bloomberg. “To the extent this question seeks to elicit an answer that could be taken as opining on the broader political or policy debate regarding term limits, or on statements by any political figure, my response, consistent with the positions of prior judicial nominees, is that it would be improper to offer any such comment as a judicial nominee.”
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