{"id":713967,"date":"2026-06-04T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713967\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:42:10","slug":"trump-says-he-will-nominate-todd-blanche-to-be-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713967\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump announced at a White House dinner that he will nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general after two months in an acting role.
\n Blanche has pursued indictments against Trump’s critics and rolled back gun control measures while facing criticism for politicizing the Justice Department.
\n The expected nomination comes amid controversy over a proposed plan to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming wrongful prosecution by the government.<\/p>\n

\n AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/p>\n

\n President Donald Trump<\/a> announced at a private dinner at the White House Wednesday night he will nominate Todd Blanche<\/a> to be attorney general.\n <\/p>\n

\n Trump adviser Dan Scavino posted a video on X<\/a> of Trump announcing the decision at the dinner in the Rose Garden.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cTomorrow I\u2019m instructing Dan and everybody else that\u2019s involved in that very complicated process, which is gonna go I think very quickly, that we are going to make him permanent attorney general,\u201d Trump said in the video.\n <\/p>\n

\n When Trump makes the nomination official, it will end Blanche\u2019s two months serving in the role in an acting capacity since his predecessor, Pam Bondi, was fired. Since then, Blanche, Trump\u2019s firebrand former personal attorney, has taken great pains to prove to the president that he is up for the job.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN reported earlier Wednesday that Trump was soon expected to nominate Blanche to be attorney general, according to a source familiar with the matter.\n <\/p>\n

\n In an earlier statement to CNN, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, \u201cPresident Trump has a great relationship with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and is very pleased with the job he\u2019s doing so far.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n She added, \u201cTodd Blanche is an American patriot who fearlessly fought against the Democrats\u2019 unprecedented lawfare campaign on behalf of President Trump. The President\u2019s entire team at the Department of Justice is doing a great job advocating for sanity, law and order, and policies that keep Americans safe.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Blanche\u2019s impending nomination has been all but a presumption from the beginning. The president has often suggested the job was Blanche\u2019s to lose and has lauded him as a loyal ally and skilled litigator.\n <\/p>\n

\n Over the past several weeks, Blanche has only garnered more favor at the White House. He secured indictments against some of the president\u2019s personal foes like former FBI Director James Comey, rolled back gun control measures and issued subpoenas to journalists for their sources. He\u2019s also announced sweeping fraud initiatives across the country, which work hand-in-hand with the White House\u2019s \u201cwar on fraud.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n But critics, citing those same efforts, say that Blanche has effectuated the president\u2019s personal and political agenda to use the Justice Department as his own attack mechanism.\n <\/p>\n

\n His expected nomination comes in the thick of continued pushback against the department over the proposed $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund<\/a> to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government. The fund was initially announced as part of a settlement between the Internal Revenue Service and the president, his adult sons and the Trump Organization.\n <\/p>\n

\n Republicans on Capitol Hill revolted over the fund \u2014 with many especially anxious over the potential for January 6, 2021, rioters to get payouts.\n <\/p>\n

\n After weeks of fierce and unrelenting pushback from the president\u2019s own party, Blanche announced Tuesday that the department was abandoning the effort.\n <\/p>\n

\n Blanche, for his part, has vociferously stated his desire for the job and his support for the president. In a press conference just after he was appointed acting attorney general, Blanche told reporters that working for Trump is \u201cthe greatest honor of a lifetime.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf he chooses to nominate somebody else and asks me to go do something else, I will say: \u2018Thank you very much, I love you, sir,\u2019\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

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