Donald Trump Taps Todd Blanche And Emil Bove, Lawyers Who Defended Him In Hush Money Case, For Top Justice Department Roles

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "Trump also nominated John Sauer, who represented him in the presidential immunity case before the Supreme Court this year, as solicitor general.
49% : Todd Blanche has been nominated to serve as deputy attorney general, while Trump selected Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general.
46% : On Wednesday, Trump made the surprise announcement that Matt Gaetz, a Republican firebrand in Congress, was his nominee as attorney general.
40% : 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.
38% : Trump said that Blanche would be a "crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken system of justice for far too long.
28% : Trump was found guilty on 34 counts related to the hush money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

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