Emil Bove, an embattled senior Justice Department official who represented President Donald Trump at his New York hush money trial, has refused to rule out a third presidential term for any president, including his boss, according to his written responses to a Senate committee questionnaire. Bove, currently associate deputy US attorney general, is under consideration for a lifetime judgeship on the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance the nomination to the full chamber for approval. To aid the committee members in their decision, Bove recently provided his responses to written questions from the group totalling 165 pages, which were obtained by HuffPost.Trump’s former attorney was asked at multiple points for his stance on whether it would be permissible for a president to run for a third term, even though the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution explicitly prohibits it. He offered the same answer each time.“As a nominee to the Third Circuit, it would not be appropriate for me to address how this Amendment would apply in an abstract hypothetical scenario,” Bove responded. He quoted the text of the amendment: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”Bove went on: “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 nomine