A lawyer who once defended Donald Trump has warned that new US Attorney General Todd Blanche would 'readily seize voting machines and ballots' before November's midterms, likening the president's grip on power to Adolf Hitler's in 1934. Cobb, who once defended Trump during the Russia investigation, has become one of the president's sharpest critics since leaving the administration. Cobb argued that Blanche, unlike former attorney general Bill Barr, would 'readily seize voting machines and ballots', and said he suspected Trump would ask him to do so. A New Attorney General Under ScrutinyBlanche took office at a tense moment. He had run the Justice Department in an acting capacity since April, when Trump removed Pam Bondi, and previously served as deputy attorney general.