A spokesperson for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told States Newsroom the panel approved Bove's nomination in a 12-0 vote — that is, despite panel rules that state "at least two members of the minority" must be present to transact committee business.

Spartacus has returned! An enraged Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) shouted over Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for eight straight minutes Thursday before joining his fellow Democrats in storming out of a business meeting to consider President Trump’s nominees — including that of his former personal attorney,