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.

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he's nominating Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers, to be the deputy attorney general. "Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department,

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