Trump picks his attorney Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Trump walks alongside his attorney Todd Blanche

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked his attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, Trump said on Thursday.

Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, led Trump’s defense in his trial about hush money paid to a porn star.

He also handled several other legal cases for Trump.

Trump lawyer Emil Bove was named by the president-elect as principal associate deputy attorney general and as acting deputy attorney general, Trump said in a statement that added Blanche is in the process of being confirmed by the Senate.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Diane Craft)