Trump’s Former Lawyer Todd Blanche Confirmed As US Attorney General In 50-49 Senate Vote

US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
fo me
pe so al
lawye
Todd
Bla che
was
co fi med
as
the
US
atto ey
ge e al
o
Satu day
afte
Se ate
Republica s
ove came
Democ atic
objectio s
that
his
appoi tme t
could
politicise
the
Justice
Depa tme t.

Bla che,
who
had
al eady
bee
se vi g
as
acti g
atto ey
ge e al,
was
co fi med
by
a
50-49
vote
i
the
Republica -co t olled
Se ate.

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@POTUS
T ump
a d
Atto ey
Ge e al
Todd
Bla che& squo;s
leade ship,
ou
missio
to
p otect
ou
commu ities
a d
keep
them
safe
co ti ues.

@WhiteHouse

#Maki gAme icaSafe

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—
U.S.
Depa tme t
of
Justice
(@TheJusticeDept)

August
8,
2026

Befo e
joi i g
the
gove me t,
Bla che
ep ese ted
T ump
as
his
p ivate
lawye
i
seve al
c imi al
cases.
T ump,
who
has
sought
g eate
co t ol
ove
t aditio ally
i depe de t
fede al
age cies,
has
desc ibed
Bla che
as
a
“sta “.

Democ ats
Raise
Co ce s
Ove
DOJ
I depe de ce

Democ ats
had
opposed
Bla che’s
omi atio
f om
the
outset,
accusi g
T ump
of
tu i g
the
Justice
Depa tme t
i to
a
political
weapo .

“The
atto ey
ge e al
is
supposed
to
be
the
people’s
lawye ,”
Se ato
Dick
Du bi ,
the
top
Democ at
o
the
Se ate
Judicia y
Committee,
said
Tuesday.

“M
Bla che
co ti ues
to
ope ate
as
the
p eside t’s
pe so al
lawye ,
t eati g
the
Justice
Depa tme t
like
a
law
fi m
se vi g
o e
clie t
—
the
p eside t.”

CONFIRMED:
Todd
Bla che
has
bee
officially
co fi med
as
the
88th
Atto ey
Ge e al
of
the
U ited
States!

The
Ame ica
people
voted
fo
esults.
Todd
Bla che
co ti ues
to
delive .
🇺🇸

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—
The
White
House
(@WhiteHouse)

August
8,
2026

Bla che’s
co fi matio
had
bee
u ce tai
as
the
White
House
wo ked
to
secu e
the
suppo t
of
seve al
Republica
holdouts
whose
votes
we e
ecessa y
fo
him
to
obtai
the
post.

$1.8
Billio
Fu d,
T ump
Tax
Audits
Become
Sticki g
Poi ts

A
majo
poi t
of
co te tio
was
a
p oposal
to
establish
a
$1.8
billio
fu d
fo
what
T ump
calls
victims
of
politically
motivated
p osecutio s.

The
p oposed
fu d
could
pote tially
have
i cluded
people
p osecuted
ove
the
Ja ua y
6,
2021,
attack
o
the
US
Capitol,
whe
T ump
suppo te s
sought
to
p eve t
Co g ess
f om
ce tifyi g
Joe
Bide ‘s
victo y
ove
T ump
i
the
2020
electio .

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Wo ‘t
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Ge e al
Da
Ka e
Wa s
T ump
Ove
I a
Wa
St ategy

A othe
key
issue
was
a
p oposal
to
shield
T ump
f om
tax
audits.

Bla che
eve tually
eased
Republica
oppositio
by
issui g
a
w itte
o de
ove
the
weeke d
sc appi g
the
p oposed
“a ti-weapo izatio
fu d”.

He
also
said
a
ag eeme t
shieldi g
T ump,
his
two
oldest
so s
a d
the
T ump
O ga izatio
f om
tax
audits
would
apply
o ly
et oactively
to
p evious
tax
yea s
a d
ot
to
futu e
fili gs.

Bla che’s
Role
I
T ump’s
Legal
Battles

Bla che
has
se ved
as
acti g
atto ey
ge e al
si ce
T ump
fi ed
Pam
Bo di,
a othe
political
loyalist,
i
Ap il.

Si ce
taki g
the
ole,
he
has
bee
closely
associated
with
what
Democ ats
have
desc ibed
as
a
T ump
” et ibutio ”
campaig
agai st
the
P eside t’s
oppo e ts.

Bla che
has
also
faced
c iticism
f om
victims
of
Jeff ey
Epstei
ove
his
ha dli g
of
the
elease
of
i vestigative
files
co ce i g
the
co victed
sex
offe de ,
who
was
o ce
a
close
f ie d
of
T ump.

Befo e
joi i g
the
Depa tme t
of
Justice,
Bla che
ep ese ted
T ump
du i g
his
New
Yo k
t ial
ove
alleged
“hush
mo ey”
payme ts
to
po
sta
Sto my
Da iels.

He
was
also
pa t
of
T ump’s
legal
defe ce
team
i
two
fede al
cases
b ought
by
special
cou sel
Jack
Smith.
O e
case
i volved
allegatio s
that
T ump
misha dled
classified
docume ts
afte
leavi g
the
White
House,
while
the
othe
accused
him
of
seeki g
to
ove tu
the
esults
of
the
2020
p eside tial
electio .

Both
cases
we e
d opped
afte
T ump
wo
the
2024
p eside tial
electio .

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