Blanche also represented Trump in two federal criminal cases. One was in Florida, where he was being prosecuted on charges that he improperly kept classified documents after he left the White House and then lied to investigators about it.
That case was eventually dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who found that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was illegal.
The other was the federal election interference case, which Smith brought against Trump in Washington. That case and a Justice Department appeal of Cannon’s decision were dropped after Trump was re-elected.
Bondi said on X that Blanche was “amazing” and that she’d work directly with him on the transition.
Mimi Rocah, who worked with Blanche in the Southern District of New York, was initially hopeful about his tenure as deputy attorney general, saying in 2024 that he “believes in the vision of the Department of Justice to do the right thing, in the
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