second-in-command

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Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer and the agency’s second-in-command, is the acting attorney general until a successor is named.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Greg Apt, a former public defender who served under Gascón as second-in-command of the unit that prosecutes police cases, said he quit last year out of frustration with the new leadership.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He said Cheney was "everything a president should expect as a second-in-command".

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

The EU said it was imposing a visa ban and asset freeze on RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, whose brother Mohammad Hamdan Daglo is the group's leader.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The Town Uncle, second-in-command to the Gran, walked around handing each Witchling a long black robe.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega