During a White House dinner this evening, President Trump told the audience he was going to officially nominate Todd Blanche to fill the open position as U.S. Attorney General tomorrow. [Video from Dan Scavino]
President Trump with an announcement tonight at the @WhiteHouse…
Congratulations @TheJusticeDept @DAGToddBlanche—🇺🇸🦅 pic.twitter.com/7C7N0Gjall
— Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) June 4, 2026
President Trump suggested he planned to nominate Blanche in an interview with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine on Tuesday, saying “I think he will” be the permanent attorney general. The president added that he didn’t have any other candidates in mind for the role. “We put him as acting, and he’s done a very good job,” Mr. Trump said.
Congratulations Todd Blanche.
Attack Mr AG! We are tired of nothing. Fauci statute of limitations is up this or next week. Get’er done!
Does he have to run the gauntlet at the most corrrruppttt organization in the World?
This seems to me, a foreigner, the achilles heal of the US system.
Wonder who will be deputy AG now.
Harmeet?
😎😎👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🥳🥳
He’s been, by far, the best AG Trump has had. If he does nothing from here on out, that will likely still be the case though, because the bar is actually just that low.
Blanche has done great.
I wonder about the wisdom of the timing. Would after November be better? Still within the 7 month timeline.
I do hope the Senate confirms him. They are blue blazes bent on stopping anything President Trump wants right now. I can see swapping Pulte DNI for confirmation of Blanche as AG.
I was thinking the Pulte as Acting DNI move might be designed to light a fire under the Senate to start approving less controversial nominees.
Blanche needs 50 votes plus Vance as a tie-breaker. The problem may come from sore losers like Cornyn and Cassidy, or someone like Tillis, who probably would have been a sore loser if he’d run again and been primaried.
Fetterman might break ranks and vote for Blanche.
Tillis IS a sore loser. He didn’t run because he was going to lose if he did. We should assume he’ll do as much harm as possible to Trump between now and January, including voting against every Trump nominee.
RINOs in reserve: Collins. Murkoski. Paul. McConnell.
I assume PDJT has found a path for confirmation or he would not have done this. Surprising given the bad blood and treachery in the Senate. TAW. Good luck Todd.
Maybe he’s trying to expose the turncoats even more before the midterms?