Trump Presses Senate to Confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General
Trump urges the Senate to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche without delay, backing his former defense lawyer for the nation's top law enforcement post.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump called on the Senate to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general without delay, elevating his former defense lawyer to the nation’s top law enforcement job.
Blanche, 51, has served as acting attorney general since April 2026, when Trump fired Pam Bondi from the post according to wikipedia.org. He previously won Senate confirmation as deputy attorney general in March 2025 according to wikipedia.org.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Confirm Todd Blanche without delay: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/23/confirm-todd-blanche-without-delay/” on July 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET.
This is Trump’s 27th message released on truthsocial today. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025.
Over the last 30 days, 26 of 450 Trump posts have focused on the topic of Legal, placing this message within a steady stream of law-related commentary from the president.
Trump backed the push by mentioning the source (see washingtontimes), an opinion piece urging the chamber to move quickly on the nomination. He nominated Blanche for the permanent post in June, according to wikipedia.org.
Blanche built his reputation as Trump’s chief criminal defense attorney. He led the president’s defense in the New York hush-money case involving payments to Stormy Daniels, and later defended him in the federal classified documents and election obstruction cases, according to wikipedia.org. Before joining private practice, he spent eight years in the violent-crimes division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming its co-chief.
The stakes reach across the Justice Department and its roughly 115,000 employees. A confirmed attorney general commands full authority over federal prosecutions, civil rights enforcement and national security cases, while an acting official operates under statutory time limits and lingering questions over the reach of the role. Senate Republicans stand to cement control of the department’s direction, while Democrats lose a chance to slow the appointment through the confirmation calendar.
Blanche already holds contested ground beyond the Justice Department. Trump named him acting librarian of Congress in May 2025 after dismissing Carla Hayden, according to wikipedia.org. The Library of Congress staff and Hayden disputed Trump’s authority to install Blanche without Senate consent, arguing that principal deputy librarian Robert Newlen was the lawful successor, according to wikipedia.org.
Senate confirmation of an attorney general shapes daily life for ordinary Americans, from decisions on immigration enforcement to consumer fraud and civil rights litigation. The person in the seat sets priorities that ripple through courtrooms and local prosecutions nationwide.
This has happened before. Trump moved Blanche through the Senate once already, winning confirmation as deputy attorney general in March 2025 according to wikipedia.org, a signal that Republican majorities have backed his personnel choices.
The Senate holds the next move on the nomination. A date for a confirmation vote has not been announced.
Confirmation fights over the attorney general’s chair have flared before. In 1925, the Senate rejected Charles Beecher Warren, President Calvin Coolidge’s nominee, twice within days, marking the first time in nearly a century that a cabinet pick was voted down on the floor. Warren never took office, and Coolidge turned to a different candidate, a reminder that even a friendly Senate can halt a president’s chosen prosecutor.
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