Will Trump's former defense lawyer protect the Justice Department from Trump?

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Posted on 11/24/2024 7:41:14 AM PST by libstripper

ASHINGTON — 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.

Hours later, though, Trump nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a longtime loyalist who backed the former president’s lies about the 2020 election and said “horrible” people in the department were trying to make names for themselves by “going after Donald Trump and weaponizing our legal system.”

Justice Department attorneys now hope that Trump’s pick for the critical No. 2 position at the department — Todd Blanche, the president-elect’s defense lawyer — can help protect the department’s career civil servants from Trump’s wrath.

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Lots of speculation here about Todd Blanche, Trump's nominee to be Deputy AG.

1 posted on 11/24/2024 7:41:14 AM PST by libstripper

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