Emil Bove has accused others of misconduct. But he has had his own problems.

On February 13, the interim deputy attorney general Emil Bove, previously better known for defending Donald Trump in three of his criminal cases, He wrote a letter heard around the American legal world.

Responding to Danielle Sassoon, the Southern New York District, the US American action lawyer who resigned instead of complying With what Bove called an “express instruction” to dismiss the criminal case against the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, Bove wrote: “You lost sight of the oath you made when you started in the Department of Justice.” He then declared that Sassoon and the “mainly responsible” prosecutors of the case would be investigated by the Office of the Attorney General for their potential weapon of the Federal Government and the Department of Justice. Professional Responsibility Officewhich was established following watergate to review accusations of professional misconduct, including ethical abuse.

Bove has barely supported his criticisms of the prosecutors involved in the case of Adams, from beginning to end. In fact, In a judicial hearing on February 19He told the Dale Ho district judge that he believes that the very existence of the Adams case “reflects, at least, appearances of incorrectness that give reason to the concern for the abuse of the criminal justice process.”

But as Bove has challenged the conduct of these federal prosecutors, at least three complaints about him have been submitted to the relevant state body responsible for lawyers’ discipline. In a letter of February 19The non -profit organization American Superview requested an immediate investigation into whether Bove violated the rules of New York lawyer by managing the Adams case, including the alleged attempts of their “induce other lawyers to participate in a little ethical behavior.” Two days later, the responsibility campaign presented A similar complaint Not only to the state of New York, but also to the main judge of the South District (SDNY), claiming that Bove’s behavior in relation to the Adams case may have violated at least six different ethical rules. A third complaint, of a democratic member of the Senate of the State of New York, It was presented to the state disciplinary committee that day too.

In addition, the Adams issue is not the first time that Bove’s behavior as a lawyer has been questioned. (The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comments on behalf of Bove).

First, There was email Sent by a group of defense lawyers to SDNY leaders when Bove was under consideration for a promotion around 2018. According to politicianThe lawyers alleged that Bove had “deployed questionable tactics, including the threats of accused with increasingly severe charges that the lawyers believed that he could not try.” Bove did not receive the promotion at that time.

Then came The case that supervised After it was promoted approximately one year later to be the coelfer of what is now known as the International Narcotics and National Security Unit. In that role, Bove supervised an issue in which SDNY prosecutors not only failed repeatedly in revealing exculpatory evidence, but also, according to the judge who supervises the case, “minimized and obfuscated when he was pressed for an explanation.” After dismissing the case due to “serious” errors, the judge ordered the prosecutors to submit affidavits that detail their participation in the dissemination saga.

While finally determined that none of the prosecutors involved had “intentionally retained defense documents or intentionally cheated the Court”, the judge concluded that all of them, including Bove and his Co-Dihie, ” Direct responsibility for its false steps. Sassoon and others involved in the Adams matter. As reflected in a public investigation summary.) Political reported that Bove dID Do not answer to a request for comments.

Bove left Sdny less than a year after the court’s decision. But the biggest challenge that involved his own behavior was to come.

In January 2022, he joined Chiesa Shahinian and GiantomasiA New Jersey law firm that is regionally known But not the type of white shoes company that often competes for SDNY’s stars. In the following summer, Bove made the representation of a criminal called Yanping “Yvette” Wang. For more than two years, one of Wang’s coacked, Guo milesHe had been investigated by the SDNY BOVE supervised unit. While Guo and Wang were subsequently accused of unrelated fraud and money laundering charges, SDNY’s lawyers advised Bove of his belief that had a disqualifying conflict of interest under the federal law that prohibits certain actions by the former government lawyers, as well as the rules of behavior of lawyers.

But when Bove refused to retire, his dispute became a formal and public fight. When moving to disqualify Bove from representing Wang, SDNY prosecutors argued that Bove supervision of an investigation into Guo had provided “knowledge or access to confidential and classified factual issues that are clearly relevant to this prosecution.” They also argued that the Bove client could not give up conflicts knowing because “Bove is restricted to inform Wang of material facts of his previous representation of the United States in relation to his research” of Guo.

Bove did not move. Citing a Wall Street Journal report published shortly after the fraud investigation began, Bove argued that “all in the world that had access” to that newspaper were aware of the investigation, that the two issues were not related, and that in any case, their participation was barely substantial because it was participating in a separate trial at that time and He had “there is no memory of seeing orders or any other document related to the case, at any time.”

Ultimately, in October 2023, a South District Judge concluded that, although the two investigations were not “substantially related”, they presented “different FBI agents, different AUS (US prosecutors attending) and different presumed behaviors and directed crimes directed ” – Bove’s previous work raised a” potential conflict “and his client must provide a” known and intelligent “exemption, in the registry at an audience Judicial, so that Bove remains his lawyer. Specifically, the judge determined that the BOVE client needed to be informed that the “prior government service of Bove will prevent certain defense strategies from moving forward, and that if Wang chooses to retain Bove, you must completely abandon certain defenses”, including the option of Enter a joint defense agreement with your coacked.

Eight days later, Bove reported that his client I would not agree with the exemption Outlined by the court, and tried to withdraw from the case. By then, he had left Chiesa and Linked to Todd BlancheThe current candidate for the deputy attorney general, and began to represent Trump. Bove never looked back.