US 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.