President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he selected three attorneys who defended him in criminal cases for high-ranking posts within the Justice Department.
In a statement, Trump tapped Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general, the department’s No. 2 official, and named Emil Bove for principal associate deputy attorney general.
In another statement, Trump announced his pick of attorney D. John Sauer for solicitor general, a position that oversees the federal government’s advocacy before the Supreme Court.