Trump nominates his criminal defense lawyer as deputy attorney general

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "John is a deeply accomplished, masterful appellate attorney, who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in the United States Supreme Court, served as Solicitor General of Missouri for six years, and has extensive experience practicing before the U.S. Supreme Court and other Appellate Courts," Trump said in a statement.
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 a statement.
44% : Emil Bove, who assisted Blanche in the hush money case, was announced Thursday as Trump's pick to be principal associate deputy attorney general and would serve as acting deputy attorney while Blanche "is in the process of being confirmed by the Senate," Trump said.
35% : Trump was originally scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, but Blanche successfully used the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity earlier that month to twice delay the sentencing to give him time to argue that the verdict should be overturned.
28% : The seven-week trial ended with Trump being convicted on all 34 counts.
22% : Blanche also represented Trump in the federal case in Florida, where he was being prosecuted on charges he improperly kept classified documents after he left the White House and then lied to investigators about it.

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