President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Jay Clayton as the lead federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York provided an early answer to a question that's simmering in the city’s political and legal circles: Would Trump put a political firebrand in charge of the famously independent Manhattan office that’s prosecuting Mayor Eric Adams?

Following Trump's announcement of Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, Gaetz submitted his resignation "effective immediately."

President-elect Donald Trump said he's nominating Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers in the classified documents case, to be the deputy attorney general.

Donald Trump has picked Matt Gaetz to serve as the next U.S. attorney general, writing that he will "root out system corruption at DOJ."

Gaetz, a Florida lawmaker who has been under federal investigation, has been a staunch Trump ally on Capitol Hill.

Todd Blanche, designated for the No. 2 slot the Justice Department, represented Trump in his New York hush money trial and two federal criminal cases.

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.

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.