The new account is the latest development as Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official and Trump's former personal attorney, faces a future confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate.

The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Bove’s nomination to a federal judgeship.

A third whistleblower has come forward to the Senate Judiciary Committee, charging that Emil Bove, Trump’s nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, misled senators during his confirmation hearing, the Washington Post reports.