President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated his longtime loyalist and former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general permanently.
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Blanche has been serving as the nation’s top prosecutor in an acting capacity after Pam Bondi was fired by Trump in April. Blanche was Bondi’s deputy at the time.
The nomination has been sent to the Senate.
Blanche likely faces an uphill battle to get confirmed by senators who have castigated him over his handling of the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files, his efforts to prosecute officials who Trump has targeted for retaliation and the president’s “anti-weaponization” fund, which has drawn bipartisan scorn.
“Donald Trump has been engaged in the most corrupt enterprise in the history of the Presidency. Todd Blanche apparently has not noticed,” said Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Still, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has expressed optimism that Blanche has enough support to win confirmation.
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“Blanche is well-qualified and has shown his dedication to restoring law and order across our country,” Grassley said in a statement announcing that the Senate received Trump’s nomination. “The Senate Judiciary Committee’s work to process Blanche’s nomination is underway.”
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