2026-08-10T18:43:24.551Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：汉娜·拉宾诺维茨
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发布于 2026年8月10日，美国东部时间下午2:43
前总统唐纳德·特朗普的律师埃米尔·博夫（左）与托德·布兰奇于2024年9月5日在华盛顿参加听证会结束后离开美国联邦法院。何塞·路易斯·马加尼亚/美联社摄
托德·布兰奇于周一在椭圆形办公室的就职仪式上宣誓就任司法部长，主持仪式的是他曾在唐纳德·特朗普辩护团队共事过的同事——埃米尔·博夫法官。
此次就职仪式不允许媒体进入。布兰奇的家人，包括妻子、女儿和孙女出席了仪式。布兰奇在周一从司法部前往白宫时告诉CNN，他“心情不错”。
博夫与布兰奇的过往渊源，以及博夫本人在司法部的经历，使得他在此次仪式中扮演的角色备受关注。
在他与布兰奇共同为特朗普辩护之后，两人都被任命为司法部高级职位。2025年布兰奇获得确认任命之前，博夫曾担任代理副司法部长，之后成为布兰奇的首席副手。他目前担任联邦上诉法院法官。
在司法部任职期间，博夫很快就获得了特朗普“打手”的名声，牵头发动了首轮大规模驱逐职业检察官和其他部门官员的行动。其中一个引人注目的事件是，博夫解雇了纽约和华盛顿特区的几名检察官，这些检察官拒绝在撤销对前纽约市市长埃里克·亚当斯腐败指控的法庭文件上签字。
唐纳德·特朗普总统于2025年5月提名博夫担任美国第三巡回上诉法院法官。他的确认听证会期间，民主党议员多次指控博夫是当时司法部内部最具政治性行动的幕后推手，包括无视法官裁决、施压检察官推进总统个人议程的行动。
联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔以及负责政策的白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒也出席了此次就职仪式。
布兰奇于周六凌晨以50票赞成、49票反对的参议院投票结果确认出任司法部长。两名共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯与丽莎·默科夫斯基与民主党人一同反对了这项提名。
布兰奇在重塑司法部使其更贴合总统议程方面发挥了关键作用。他提出了扩大总统权力、加强对总统职位保护的法律论点，监督了对资深检察官和长期任职官员的大规模解雇行动，并牵头制定了一项法律策略，使得全美各地的法官开始对司法部的决定提出质疑。
Trump’s former lawyers: Judge Emil Bove swears in Attorney General Todd Blanche at the White House
2026-08-10T18:43:24.551Z / CNN
By Hannah Rabinowitz
44 min ago
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2026, 2:43 PM ET
Former President Donald Trump attorneys Emil Bove, left, and Todd Blanche leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse, after a hearing, Sep. 5, 2024, in Washington.
Jose Luis Magana/AP
Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general on Monday in an Oval Office ceremony led by his former Donald Trump defense-team colleague, Judge Emil Bove.
The swearing-in was held without press access. Blanche’s family members, including his wife, daughter and granddaughter, attended. Blanche told CNN he was “feeling good” as he left the Justice Department Monday for the White House.
Bove’s history with Blanche — and at the Justice Department — make his role in the ceremony notable.
After he and Blanche worked together on Trump’s defense, both were appointed to senior positions within the Justice Department. Bove was acting deputy attorney general before Blanche was confirmed in 2025, then Blanche’s top deputy. He now serves as federal appeals court judge.
At the department, Bove quickly earned a reputation as Trump’s hatchet man, leading the first waves of mass ousting’s of career prosecutors and other department officials. In one notable episode, Bove axed several prosecutors in New York and Washington, DC, who refused to sign their names to court documents dropping corruption charges against former New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
President Donald Trump nominated Bove to the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2025. His confirmation hearings were rife with allegations from Democratic lawmakers that Bove was behind the most political efforts inside the department at the time, including efforts to ignore judge’s rulings and to pressure prosectors to move forward with the president’s personal agenda.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, also attended the swearing in.
Blanche was confirmed as attorney general early Saturday morning in a 50–49 Senate vote. Two GOP senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, joined Democrats in opposing the nomination.
Blanche has played a key role in reshaping the Justice Department to align more closely with the president’s agenda. He has advanced legal arguments that expand presidential authority and strengthen protections for the presidency and overseen large-scale firings of experienced prosecutors and longtime officials, and spearheaded a legal strategy that has made judges across the nation question the department’s decisions.
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