Trump picks his defense lawyers for top Justice Department posts

Nov 15, 2024 View Original Article
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    42% Medium Conservative

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    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump also tapped a third member of his legal team, Emil Bove, to serve as Blanche's top deputy and to be acting deputy attorney general while Blanche awaits confirmation.
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.
46% : Trump also selected John Sauer, who successfully urged the U.S. Supreme Court to give Trump broad immunity in the 2020 election case, as his solicitor general.
44% : The moves come a day after Trump picked former Representative Matt Gaetz, a Republican firebrand, as his nominee for attorney general.
36% : Rod Rosenstein, who served in the role during Trump's first administration, called Blanche a "highly credible" nominee for deputy attorney general.Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, is representing Trump in two federal cases over his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election and his retention of classified documents after leaving office in 2021.
27% : Trump has vowed to radically reshape the Justice Department, which has drawn his ire over its investigations and prosecutions of himself and several of his associates.
26% : Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case.
25% : Trump nominated Blanche, who defended him at trial this year in a criminal case over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, to serve as deputy attorney general, the second-highest position at the Justice Department.

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