As one lawyer put it, choosing Emil Bove was “a deliberate middle finger” to those worried the DOJ has become “a tool of the president’s wrath.”

Donald Trump is about to be be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president. The president-elect leaned in to kiss Melania Trump once he arrived at the Rotunda, but appeared to be blocked by the brim of her hat.

Three years ago, they were unknown New York City-area law firm partners taking a long-shot bet on a disgraced ex-president who stood accused of, among other things, sexually assaulting a magazine writer,