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The Trump Trials: Inside counsel
The Trump Trials
The Trump Trials: Inside counsel
Donald Trump’s personal lawyers are tapped for top Justice Department jobs, and other news from Trump’s four criminal cases.
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Donald Trump alongside his attorney Todd Blanche after the conclusion of his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Reuters)
By Perry Stein and Josh Dawsey
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EST
Last week marked another first in Justice Department history. President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate his personal criminal defense team to serve as America’s attorneys once he is again sworn in as president.
Trump, the only former president ever charged with or convicted of crimes, tapped his top defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, as deputy attorney general, the second-most powerful position in the Justice Department. Emil Bove is his pick for principal associate deputy attorney general. And D. John Sauer, who on Trump’s behalf argued the landmark presidential immunity case in front of the Supreme Court, will be nominated for solicitor general — the person who represents the government on high court cases.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Trump Trials newsletter, where we’ll help you make sense of what these nominations mean and provide the latest on Trump’s four criminal cases — mostly their march to dissolution.
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By Perry Stein
Perry Stein covers the Justice Department and FBI for The Washington Post. She previously covered D.C. education. Before she joined The Post in 2015, she was a staff writer for Washington City Paper and wrote for the Miami Herald. follow on X @perrystein
By Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017 and previously covered the White House. Before that, he covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal.follow on X @jdawsey1
The Trump Trials: Inside counsel
Donald Trump’s personal lawyers are tapped for top Justice Department jobs, and other news from Trump’s four criminal cases.
7 min
Share
https://wapo.st/3AOnljI
Donald Trump alongside his attorney Todd Blanche after the conclusion of his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Reuters)
By Perry Stein and Josh Dawsey
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EST
Last week marked another first in Justice Department history. President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate his personal criminal defense team to serve as America’s attorneys once he is again sworn in as president.
Trump, the only former president ever charged with or convicted of crimes, tapped his top defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, as deputy attorney general, the second-most powerful position in the Justice Department. Emil Bove is his pick for principal associate deputy attorney general. And D. John Sauer, who on Trump’s behalf argued the landmark presidential immunity case in front of the Supreme Court, will be nominated for solicitor general — the person who represents the government on high court cases.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Trump Trials newsletter, where we’ll help you make sense of what these nominations mean and provide the latest on Trump’s four criminal cases — mostly their march to dissolution.
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https://wapo.st/3AOnljI
By Perry Stein
Perry Stein covers the Justice Department and FBI for The Washington Post. She previously covered D.C. education. Before she joined The Post in 2015, she was a staff writer for Washington City Paper and wrote for the Miami Herald. follow on X @perrystein
By Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017 and previously covered the White House. Before that, he covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal.follow on X @jdawsey1
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