The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, to serve as a federal circuit judge.

Trump's former defense attorney Emil Bove faces opposition from former judges and Democrats as his nomination for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals faces first test.

The Senate Judiciary Committee clashed today over Emil Bove, President Trump's controversial pick to be a federal judge. Democrats walked out of the hearing. NBC News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles reports more.