Trump picks legal defense team for top Justice Department roles - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken System of Justice for far too long," Trump said in the statement.
45% : Trump posted that Bove will serve as acting deputy attorney general as Blanche goes through the confirmation process.
45% : Also on Thursday, Trump announced he will nominate Jay Clayton, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, a key role because it includes Manhattan.Trump repeatedly invoked the perceived "weaponization" of the Justice Department against him during his campaign and expressed support for turning federal law enforcement against his rivals.Trump repeatedly butted heads with Justice Department and criminal justice officials in his first term.
36% : In a statement, Trump nominated Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general, the department's No. 2 official, and named Emil Bove for principal associate deputy attorney general.
22% : Gaetz was also highly critical of the criminal cases against Trump from his position as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
10% : Blanche and Bove were counsel for Trump in the two federal criminal cases, brought by special counsel John L. "Jack" Smith, one in Washington which accused Trump of crimes connected to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and another in Florida which accused him of illegally keeping classified documents after his first term.
3% : Trump's second attorney general, William Barr, told the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that he resigned in December 2020 after Trump continued to press claims of election fraud that Barr said were false.

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