Todd Blanche
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Todd Wallace Blanche is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the United States deputy attorney general since January 2025 and as the acting librarian of Congress since May 2025; the legality of the latter appointment has been disputed.
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Jul 15, 2026
Far Right
77 former DOJ officials urged the Senate to confirm him as attorney general, while a Federalist article criticizes him for not ending Biden's mail-order abortion scheme.
Blanche is a Trump loyalist whose confirmation is seen as essential to dismantle weaponized justice and stop what the far right calls an illegal abortion pill distribution scheme.
Jul 15, 2026
Lean Right
Trump nominee for Justice Department, facing confirmation debate framed as a test of the rule of law.
Lean Right sees Blanche's confirmation as a battle against partisan attacks on Trump's picks and distrusts the Senate's authority to block a president's attorney.
Jul 15, 2026
Far Left
Acting Attorney General under fire for not releasing Epstein files and for anti-press actions like persecuting political enemies.
Far left views Blanche as Trump's personal lawyer weaponizing the DOJ to suppress dissent and protect the powerful.
Jul 13, 2026
Far Left
Trump is pushing Blanche to become attorney general despite his connections to the Epstein case, with GOP senators lining up behind him.
Far Left view Blanche as a corrupt Trump lackey whose confirmation would further weaponize the Justice Department against political enemies.
Jul 13, 2026
Far Right
Trump's attorney general nominee faces a confirmation threat from a letter signed by about 1,200 DOJ alumni, which critics say reveals hyper-partisan bias.
The far right sees this as a coordinated deep state attack to block a loyalist from cleaning house at the Department of Justice, and the letter's partisan makeup confirms their distrust of federal law enforcement.
Jul 10, 2026
Far Left
Blanche, Trump's nominee for a senior Justice Department role, performed poorly in his confirmation hearing.
Far left sees this as evidence of Trump's incompetence and desire for a revenge-driven DOJ pick.
Jul 3, 2026
Center
Acting Attorney General Blanche sent a letter accusing the ICC of lawlessness and asserting the U.S. won't allow extradition from its soil.
Center/moderates split between support for sovereignty and worry about undermining international legal norms without clear strategy.
Jun 17, 2026
Lean Right
Blanche's confirmation hearings for attorney general are set for July, with some Republicans undecided on supporting him.
Lean Right sees Blanche as a potential reformer within the DOJ but is skeptical of any establishment figure; his support hangs on whether he will actually dismantle the deep state or become co-opted.
Jun 10, 2026
Far Left
Trump nominated his personal criminal defense lawyer to lead the Department of Justice, with GOP senators now facing pressure to confirm or block someone whose loyalty is to Trump personally, not to any institutional role.
Far left analysis reads the Blanche nomination as the logical endpoint of treating the DOJ as a protection racket for capital and executive power, not as a shocking deviation from democratic norms.
Jun 9, 2026
Lean Right
Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche, his former personal defence lawyer in the New York hush money trial, to serve as U.S. Attorney General.
Canadian Conservatives watch the Blanche nomination with interest as it signals Trump's continued consolidation of loyalists in key posts, shaping the U.S. political environment that Canada must now navigate after a serious defence partnership breakdown.