President Donald Trump intends to nominate Stanley Woodward, an attorney who represented the president’s allies in investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and his handling of classified records, to be the Justice Department’s third-ranking official.
If confirmed as associate attorney general, Woodward would join other high-ranking DOJ officials who entered their role after representing Trump or his allies. Attorney General Pam Bondi represented Trump during his first impeachment by the US House and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche served as his defense attorney in criminal cases relating to the 2020 election, his handling of classified documents, and alleged hush-money ...
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