CNN previously reported that even as deputy attorney general, Blanche often led meetings, including those that the attorney general was supposed to oversee. Blanche’s decision in April of that year to join Trump’s legal team surprised those around him, according to multiple people familiar. His work pleased the president, sources told CNN, particularly as he became increasingly frustrated with Blanche’s predecessor, Bondi. “The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” Murkowski said of her decision. It is unclear whether the Justice Department will move for an indictment of the ex-aide.