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November 15, 2024

Trump Elevates Personal Lawyers to Top Gov't Roles
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President-elect Trump has also named three of his personal lawyers for
top positions at the Department of Justice, putting them in charge of
the agency that carried out criminal investigations into Trump's
mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to overthrow the
2020 election. Trump is nominating Todd Blanche as deputy attorney
general, the Justice Department's second most powerful position. He
selected Emil Bove to serve as principal associate deputy attorney
general and D. John Sauer as solicitor general.