An attorney who has represented Donald Trump in several of the criminal cases against him has been selected by the president-elect to serve as the No. 2 lawyer at the Department of Justice.

Todd Blanche, who represented Trump in multiple criminal cases, will be nominated for the second-most-powerful post at the Justice Department – deputy attorney general. Emil Bove, an attorney on Trump’s New York hush-money case, also will take on a high-ranking post in the department.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at his hush money criminal trial, to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official.

Mr. Blanche, a former supervising federal prosecutor in Manhattan, oversaw the president-elect’s legal defense against multiple indictments.

Blanche represented Trump in several of his federal cases, including his election subversion case in Washington and his classified documents case in Florida.

President-elect Donald Trump named his personal criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general.

US President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his administration's legal team with veteran lawyers who defended him in his multiple criminal cases, following his stunning pick of former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump said he selected Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general, Emil Bove as his top deputy and D. John Sauer for solicitor general.