Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, was sworn in Monday as U.S. attorney general and now formally takes the helm of the Justice Department.
Judge Emil Bove, a federal appeals court judge and former member of Trump’s legal defense team, administered the oath in a closed Oval Office ceremony that the president attended. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later shared a video of the event.
In a predawn vote Saturday, the Senate narrowly confirmed Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States.
The 50–49 vote took place shortly after 4 a.m. …