President-elect Donald Trump named his personal criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general.
'I am pleased to announce that Todd Blanche will serve as Deputy Attorney General in my Administration. Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken System of Justice for far too long,' Trump announced in a news release Thursday evening. 'Todd is going to do a great job as we, Make America Great Again,' he wrote.
Gaetz has been Trump's chief defender when it comes to Trump's assault on democracy. His attempt to overthrow the government on January 6th. And he has openly called for the abolition of law enforcement agencies if they don't get in line with conservative political priorities,' Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said of the choice.
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