President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to put three of his personal defense lawyers in top Justice Department jobs.
If confirmed, Todd Blanche, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who represented Trump in his New York hush money case, would be second-in-command at the Justice Department as deputy attorney general.
Another one of his personal lawyers in the hush money case, Emil Bove, will serve as the principal associate deputy attorney general and as acting deputy attorney general, Trump said. That position doesn’t require Senate confirmation.
Trump separately said he plans to nominate John Sauer, his personal lawyer who argued his ...
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