Senate confirms Trump’s ex-lawyer Todd Blanche as US Attorney General

Todd
Bla che
co fi med
as
as
US
Atto ey
Ge e al/Image:
ANI

Todd
Bla che,
who
p eviously
ep ese ted
Do ald
T ump
i
c imi al
a d
fede al
cases,
has
bee
co fi med
as
the
US
Atto ey
Ge e al
afte
a
a owly
split
Se ate
vote.Bla che
secu ed
the
positio
by
50-49
ea ly
Satu day,
becomi g
the
head
of
the
Justice
Depa tme t
afte
mo ths
of
questio s
f om
lawmake s
ove
his
i depe de ce
a d
his
ha dli g
of
seve al
co t ove sial
issues.Republica
Se ato s
Susa
Colli s
of
Mai e
a d
Lisa
Mu kowski
of
Alaska
voted
agai st
him,
joi i g
Democ ats.
Se ato
Bill
Cassidy
of
Louisia a
backed
Bla che
a d
p ovided
the
vote
eeded
fo
his
co fi matio .

F om
T ump’s
lawye
to
atto ey
ge e al

Bla che
joi ed
the
T ump
admi ist atio
as
deputy
atto ey
ge e al
a d
had
bee
se vi g
as
acti g
atto ey
ge e al
si ce
Ap il.Befo e
e te i g
gove me t,
he
was
pa t
of
T ump’s
legal
team.
He
ep ese ted
the
p eside t
i
the
New
Yo k
case
i volvi g
a
payme t
made
befo e
the
2016
electio
a d
also
wo ked
o
the
fede al
cases
b ought
by
fo me
special
cou sel
Jack
Smith
ove
T ump’s
actio s
afte
the
2020
electio
a d
his
ha dli g
of
classified
docume ts.

Co t ove sy
ove
Justice
Depa tme t
fu d

Bla che’s
co fi matio
faced
esista ce
ove
a
$1.8
billio
“a ti-weapo izatio ”
fu d
c eated
by
the
Justice
Depa tme t
as
pa t
of
a
settleme t
li ked
to
T ump’s
lawsuit
agai st
the
IRS.The
a a geme t
also
i cluded
p otectio s
f om
tax
i vestigatio s
fo
T ump,
his
two
eldest
so s
a d
the
T ump
O ga izatio .Du i g
egotiatio s
with
Republica
se ato s,
Bla che
ag eed
to
e d
the
fu d
a d
a owed
the
scope
of
the
tax- elated
p otectio .

Those
cha ges
helped
secu e
the
suppo t
of
Se ato s
Joh
Co y
a d
Thom
Tillis,
who
had
i itially
aised
co ce s
about
his
omi atio .

Bla che
ow
takes
cha ge
of
DOJ

With
his
co fi matio ,
Bla che
becomes
the
pe ma e t
head
of
the
Justice
Depa tme t
afte
se vi g
as
its
acti g
leade
fo
seve al
mo ths.His
co fi matio
followed
weeks
of
egotiatio s
with
Republica
se ato s,
who
aised
co ce s
about
the
depa tme t’s
i depe de ce
a d
Bla che’s
ole
i
decisio s
i volvi g
T ump
a d
his
allies.