{"id":587047,"date":"2026-08-08T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587047\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:46:08","slug":"todd-blanche-trumps-ex-lawyer-confirmed-as-us-attorney-general-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587047\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche, Trump&#039;s ex-lawyer, confirmed as US attorney general &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBYVFp1enFwWWNaVnNtQi1PYlRBalNPYVhkN3NERDhCTHRiRnpoS19fTWpxZjBWVEQ1eU1MYlFmZjdUSFUzX2dmVmp5SDlxVlhJVDEzbVJJN2JpZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Todd Blanche, Trump&#8217;s ex-lawyer, confirmed as US attorney general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxPVHZnSlpTOV8zczlnekFyQ1BqYjh5VWROTjJDWGMwTVZOcFFXWTFwLXFxeFJOVWlzQ1dOekdsUUVoOG1mY0lOb1JHME1jazJpdWMyZXoxTVctaG5Yd0Yta3FfNDIzaWx1TlVnMUpMbUNNUm9vaTlvTUt1WDJlT3EzUnRpaTFkT1M0bFk3QmFJVnFHY05YTzVDRWZCZ0lWY3ZORVRXczcyMEo2ZkdqOXBwS0lfZDFvZHF2WVd1TWZkbWZPejB5bk91bXl4MFh4QjJfclVkQjVhUXdsVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blanche AG confirmation allows Trump to continue \u2018pervasive, breathtaking corruption\u2019, says Schumer \u2013 US politics live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOMmVpNHRNcTA5WENJOW9pR19kb0oyOW0xRTdjeHhJMDhGVVlhQWRQcTd0VUVhcmxYbXh4RVJsMjZOZ1NiZmxBaVU4bE15eUxWZEVPcVJzdThPWXY1RWoxT0o3MExBOHotSUlXNWU0Nnd0SHItQjJxVUZZa3g0VEx6R3lB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTFBYQU9BWF9wZXQ5UDZOT0VjZWQwQUhJd1JFMzFOQlRRWEhNRFpNR1ozYjlCYjlEdmtRbzVROHdDcTR6b0ZSMlB5YWhIOFMzWVZmaDBDSWVXSVFsaUFIM05mNnJMaWVFYzZFSl8zenU5ZjAtS3Fx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Susan Collins is back to her old tricks. Voters should see right through them.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MS NOW<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQZklqdmxOOTFSOFRCbUp4X09rczdkQXpPaTc2OHJVVVBoYllrLTJoQWRiQXNiMkk4N2JSemJKNExWTlJwXzExdm1INlc1UHRFeGZDR1pzcmE4STc0OEJqdzVQeVoxQjktOHBoWDM0Y1VGMUdWUnFReXJCTUxoQmk3azJjMHpfVDVqUnB0c1pKSWU1emFNZ2h5NlY5YVNEaXFO?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Senate confirms Blanche as attorney general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;politico.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche, Trump&#8217;s ex-lawyer, confirmed as US attorney general&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBlanche AG confirmation allows Trump to continue \u2018pervasive, breathtaking corruption\u2019,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-587047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}