
Todd
Blanche
REPUBLICAN
Florida
Appointed Position:
United States Deputy Attorney General
Overview
Since April 2023, Blanche has worked as Trump’s personal lawyer through his private practice, Blanche Law, and has increasingly tied his entire professional career to supporting the Trump world. He began representing Trump allies as an attorney for the prestigious Wall Street firm Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft beginning in 2019. His deep financial ties to Trump and recent behavior in court gives every indication that he will continue to represent Trump’s personal interests rather than uphold the rule of law.
The Facts
Blanche Law has received $8,513,076 in payments from Save America, a PAC seeded by small dollar donations raised through Trump’s election fraud claims. The Save America PAC previously paid $420,000 to Blanche’s former firm while he was representing Trump campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn.
After the 2024 election and Deputy Attorney General nomination, Blanche continued to represent Trump as his attorney in court. He and Blanche Law Partner Emil Bove also wrote and signed multiple filings calling for the dismissal of the indictment and jury verdict against Trump in The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump in December 2024 and January 2025.
In one filing, Blanche wrote that the New York case represented “lawfare” that was disrupting presidential transition efforts and Trump’s “preparations to wield the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution pursuant to the overwhelming national mandate granted to him by the American people.”
Notably, Bove has also been nominated for a Justice Department post in the second Trump administration as principal associate deputy attorney general. Bove was also named as acting deputy attorney general, allowing him to act in Blanche’s place as Deputy Attorney General without going through traditional Senate confirmation procedures but before his confirmation.
What non-monetary benefits has Blanche enjoyed as a result of acting as Trump’s personal lawyer?
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