Beyond Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, the president-elect has now made other choices for the Justice Department, including his current defense lawyers. NBC News' Laura Jarrett reports.
WASHINGTON — When Matt Gaetz abruptly withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for attorney general on Thursday, many career attorneys in the Justice Department breathed a sigh of relief.
“I think it’s ethically problematic for Blanche. I think one of the reasons Trump selected him is that he’s comfortable with Blanche, he communicates with him, and that they have a relationship in which Blanche does what Trump wants him to do.” “I think it’s going to be an extraordinarily challenging job for Blanche,” Bromwich added. “I think the ethos and the culture that he was brought up in in the U.S.
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