After President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi in April, the speculation over who would replace her began in earnest. Would it be Trump’s former personal lawyer and confidante, Alina Habba? Or maybe the president’s hard-charging Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller? Some thought it might be Matt Whitaker, who was acting AG from 2018 to 2019 in Trump’s first administration after Jeff Sessions resigned at the president’s request.
On Wednesday evening, the president put all the speculation to rest: he’s picked the man already serving in the role, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
President Trump with an announcement tonight at the @WhiteHouse…
— Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) June 4, 2026
Congratulations @TheJusticeDept @DAGToddBlanche—🇺🇸🦅 pic.twitter.com/7C7N0Gjall
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted the above video where Trump revealed the news and said he will start the formal process immediately:
Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted a video Wednesday night of Trump announcing Blanche’s nomination as he spoke in the Rose Garden.
“He’s acting attorney general,” Trump said in the video, referring to Blanche. “Tomorrow I’m instructing Dan and everybody else that’s involved in that very complicated process, which is going to be, I think, very quickly, that we are going to make him permanent attorney general.”
Trump had already hinted at his preference during an interview released Wednesday for reporter Miranda Devine's "Pod Force One":
TRUMP: "Todd Blanche is doing a very good job at DOJ."
— Ben Swann (@BenSwann_) June 3, 2026
NYP: "Will he be Attorney General?"
POTUS: "I think he will... I wanted to see how he was received. We put him as Acting, and he's done a very good job." pic.twitter.com/Uv66VR0huR
Blanche has already been very much in the news since he took over from Bondi and has announced multiple successes in crimefighting under his tenure as Acting Director:
FBI Raids $35M SoCal Mansion — Iranian-American Charged With Betraying America for Tehran
Jack Smith's Ghost Haunts DOJ As Burn‑Bag Document Trove Surfaces
Blanche is well-versed in Trumpworld, having represented the then-private citizen in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s preposterous 2024 political show trial over supposed “hush money“ payments regarding lowlife actress Stormy Daniels, which amazingly ended with Trump convicted on 34 counts. That case is under appeal, because it was a joke.
Blanche says he’s all in on making America safe again:
We’re taking the next step in @POTUS’s mission to Making America Safe Again, with the Model Cities Initiative. Under this administration, we are committed to public safety throughout our cities. https://t.co/smheqDhWVw
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) June 3, 2026
The announcement is only hours old, but already, leftists like New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker are whining about the pick:
Sen. Cory Booker tells [NBC News’] Laura Coates he does not believe Todd Blanche has the votes to be confirmed as Attorney General, calling him “wholly unqualified” and arguing he would prioritize loyalty to President Trump rather than serve as an independent law enforcement leader. “His only qualification… is that they are willing to do his bidding,” he says.
Yawn. No matter who Trump picked, Booker would be screeching about “dangers to democracy” and such.
The next steps: Trump must make a formal nomination, then the Senate Judiciary Committee holds confirmation hearings, and if they vote to proceed, the matter goes to a full Senate vote. Don’t expect the process to be quick or easy, because Democrats will almost assuredly use the hearings for political theater where they will air every grievance possible. RedState will keep you posted.
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