Donald Trump Taps Todd Blanche And Emil Bove, Lawyers Who Defended Him In Hush Money Case, For Top Justice Department Roles
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deadline.comDonald Trump has selected two attorneys who defended him in his New York hush money trial to top roles in the Justice Department.
Todd Blanche has been nominated to serve as deputy attorney general, while Trump selected Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general.
Bove also will serve as acting deputy attorney general while Blanche is going through the Senate confirmation process. Their selections are further evidence that Trump wants to transform the Justice Department into a team of loyalists, raising fear that he will break the tradition of the DOJ’s independence from the White House.
On Wednesday, Trump made the surprise announcement that Matt Gaetz, a Republican firebrand in Congress, was his nominee as attorney general.
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