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President Trump will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, to fill the top role at the Justice Department on a permanent basis, he said Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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Trump revealed Blanche as his choice at an outdoor event at the White House, saying \u201cwe are going to make him permanent attorney general\u201d and adding that he expects Blanche\u2019s nomination process to \u201cgo very quickly.&rdquo<\/p>\n

Blanche has been leading the department in an acting capacity since former Attorney General Pam Bondi exited the administration in early April.<\/p>\n

Blanche, of Florida, will almost certainly have that state\u2019s two Republican senators, Rick Scott and Ashley Moody, supporting his nomination.<\/p>\n

The GOP-led Senate confirmed Blanche as deputy attorney general in early March 2025 on a party-line vote.<\/p>\n

Blanche represented Trump in 2023 and 2024 during a New York state hush money case. A jury convicted Trump two years ago on 34 first-degree felony counts of falsifying business records.<\/p>\n

The close tie between the president and his pick for attorney general is a major reason Democrats will oppose the nomination, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump picked Blanche because he\u2019s loyal to the president alone \u2014 not the Constitution, not the rule of law, and certainly not the American people, and not to the values that this country has had for 250 years,\u201d Schumer said on the Senate floor. \u201cFor years, Blanche has been Trump\u2019s personal lawyer and attack dog, and that didn\u2019t stop when Blanche joined the department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anti-weaponization fund<\/strong>
\nBlanche has taken heat in recent weeks, including from Republicans, for the department\u2019s settlement in Trump\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against his own IRS.<\/p>\n

Trump dropped the suit in exchange for the department establishing a nearly $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund for persons Blanche described on May 18 as \u201cvictims of lawfare.\u201d The settlement revealed that the fund would be governed by five commissioners hand-chosen by Blanche, with only one involving consultation from congressional leadership.<\/p>\n

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Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle quickly objected to the proposal, noting the possibility that people convicted \u2014 then pardoned by Trump \u2014 of assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol could receive reparations from the fund.<\/p>\n

When pressed at a May 27 Senate hearing on whether violent Jan. 6 defendants who were pardoned could reap taxpayer dollars from the fund, Blanche replied, \u201cAnybody can apply.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commission will set rules, I’m sure,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat’s not for me to set, that’s for the commissioners, and whether an individual, an Oath Keeper, as you just mentioned, applies for compensation, anybody in this country can apply.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several lawsuits quickly challenged the legality of the fund, including one from former police officers who deployed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and another from legal advocates who argued the fund would be illegally shielded from transparency laws.<\/p>\n

After intense pressure, Blanche testified to a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday that the administration was \u201cnot moving forward with the fund, period.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concession cleared the way for reluctant Senate Republicans to support a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package. Senate Democrats plan to stall the bill on the floor Thursday with a marathon of amendments, including proposals to curtail or outright ban such funds going forward.<\/p>\n

The administration is still facing questions from lawmakers about a provision in Trump\u2019s IRS settlement that absolves him, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, from tax audits.<\/p>\n

Epstein files<\/strong>
\nBlanche has also come under scrutiny for the DOJ\u2019s handling of the release of files related to the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The botched release last year, when Bondi headed the department, initially exposed names of sexual abuse victims.<\/p>\n

Democrats claimed Bondi told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a closed-door interview last week that Blanche oversaw the legally mandated release of the files and made the decision to not investigate any possible leads.<\/p>\n

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Bondi refuted the claim on social media following the interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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