Former President Trump announced Thursday he will nominate two of his criminal defense attorneys to serve in the Justice Department’s second- and third-most senior roles.
Todd Blanche will serve as deputy attorney general and Emil Bove will serve as principal associate deputy attorney general, Trump announced in a statement.
Both men would presumably serve under former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), whom Trump announced as his attorney general nominee one day prior, should Gaetz pass Senate confirmation.
Blanche served as Trump’s lead attorney in his New York hush money trial that culminated in the first criminal conviction of a former president. Both Blanche and Bove also represent Trump in the two prosecutions brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
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