Several new administration officials, formerly Trump’s personal attorneys, were paid millions by his PACs

Several of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who now hold top positions in the White House and Justice Department earned tens of millions of dollars that were paid by Trump’s various fundraising arms, disclosure records show.

From two impeachment proceedings to civil and criminal investigations into his personal businesses, Trump has accrued a long roster of loyal attorneys who have helped him fight his various legal battles over the years. Over the years, Trump’s presidential campaign committees, his political action committees — including his leadership PAC, Save America — and the Republican National Committee have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Trump’s legal bills, with at least $35 million going to attorneys who are now political appointees in Trump’s second administration.

Attorney Todd Blanche, who is Trump’s pick for deputy attorney general, was among Trump’s highest-paid personal attorneys, with his law firms being paid nearly $10 million from Trump’s Save America PAC between March 2023 and December 2024, according to filings.

Blanche has served as Trump’s personal attorney in multiple capacities since he joined Trump’s legal team in 2023, most notably representing Trump in his New York hush money case in which Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.

Every day of the trial, at the end of the day’s proceedings, Blanche stood by Trump’s side as Trump addressed reporters in front of the cameras at the Manhattan court house. Trump has said he will appeal the jury’s decision.

During the height of the hush money case, Save America PAC was paying Blanche’s firm, Blanche Law, upwards of $800,000 a month, campaign disclosures show.

Trump’s legal defense team included Emil Bove, Blanche’s law partner at the time, who Trump appointed as principal associate deputy attorney general upon his reelection. Bove has been serving as acting deputy attorney general since Jan. 20 as Blanche awaits his confirmation, during which time he has helped lead Trump’s overhaul of the Justice Department, including identifying agents and employees who were involved in investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol for potential disciplinary action.

Trump’s former legal spokesperson Alina Habba…