The Senate on March 5 confirmed Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, to serve as deputy attorney general, second-in-command of the Justice Department.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52–46 to confirm Blanche, with all Democrats opposing his nomination. He will be taking over for Emil Bove, another former Trump defense attorney, who had been serving as acting deputy attorney general until Blanche could be confirmed.
Bove and Blanche both worked on Trump’s defense in various federal and state criminal cases, including his election interference case in Washington and his classified documents case in Florida.
In his new role, Blanche will oversee all 93 U.S. attorneys nationwide, as well as the Justice Department’s law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives….