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Trump Nominates Todd Blanche as Permanent Attorney General At a White House Rose Garden dinner Wednesday night, President Trump announced he will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department on a permanent basis. 'Tomorrow I'm instructing Dan and everybody else that's involved in that very complicated process, which is gonna go I think very quickly, that we are going to make him permanent attorney general,' Trump said. Blanche previously served as one of Trump's personal defense attorneys across his four criminal cases. He has been the acting attorney general since Pam Bondi was forced out in April following her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files. Blanche was confirmed as deputy attorney general in March 2025 by a party-line vote of 52 to 46. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Trump 'has a great relationship with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and is very pleased with the job he's doing so far,' describing Blanche as 'an American patriot who fearlessly fought against the Democrats' unprecedented lawfare campaign on behalf of President Trump.' On the Pod Force One podcast, Trump told Miranda Devine 'I think he will' when asked whether Blanche would become attorney general, and said he was not considering other candidates. During his time as acting attorney general, Blanche secured indictments against figures including former FBI Director James Comey, rolled back gun control measures, issued subpoenas to journalists for their sources, and announced sweeping fraud initiatives. The nomination arrives amid pushback over a proposed anti-weaponization fund tied to Trump's IRS lawsuit settlement, reported as $1.776 billion by CNN and $1.8 billion by Politico, which Blanche announced Tuesday the department was abandoning after a Republican revolt. Senator Thom Tillis said the fund 'would be one of several things that somebody would have to explain to me' before he vote to confirm. 📺 This video and many more on cvrdnews.com ⬅️ Left: Left coverage frames Blanche's elevation as the formalization of a Justice Department aligned with Trump's personal interests, foregrounding that Blanche is Trump's former personal defense attorney now leading indictments against figures like James Comey, rolling back gun control, and subpoenaing jo ➡️ Right: Right coverage frames the pick as a continuation of a successful tenure, foregrounding Trump's confidence in Blanche and the White House's description of him as 'an American patriot.' Fox News leads with Trump's own words from the Rose Garden Club Dinner and his Pod Force One remark that he is not c 🌐 Social Pulse: @AP and @CNN reported that Trump is nominating his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. @MarioNawfal noted that Blanche has been running the DOJ on an interim basis since Pam Bondi's ouster in early April, while @prayingmedic framed the move as elevating him to a full-ti #shorts #news #breakingnews #unfiltered #coverednews #cvrd