WASHINGTON—President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 14 announced three figures to help lead the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including his attorney Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general.
Trump also announced his selection of Dean John Sauer as U.S. Solicitor General, and attorney Emil Bove for principal associate deputy attorney general.
Blanche defended Trump in his falsified business records case before New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan this year.
“Todd is going to do a great job as we, Make America Great Again.”
Trump said Bove, who has helped him in multiple cases, is set to serve as principal associate deputy attorney general but will serve as acting deputy attorney general while Blanche goes through the Senate confirmation process.
“Emil is a tough and strong attorney, who will be a crucial part of the Justice Department, rooting out corruption and crime,” Trump said.
Sauer was Trump’s lead counsel in his immunity case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that the former president is immune from prosecution for official acts in office.
As deputy attorney general, Blanche will be “authorized to exercise all the power and authority of the Attorney General, except where such power or authority is prohibited by law from delegation or has been delegated to another official,” according to DOJ.
Sauer’s expected role, which is currently held by U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, is responsible for, among other things, defending the governments’ laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
